Jolly LLB

Bollywood courtroom drama movies poster for sale: Jolly LLB (2013).

Featured here is a rare original poster of the 2013 cult Bollywood courtroom drama movie written and directed by Subhash Kapoor that starred Arshad Warsi in the titular role along with Boman Irani and Saurabh Shukla in key roles.

A dark satire on the common man’s frustration to seek justice from a legal system that is often misused by the rich and powerful, Jolly LLB (2013) also starred Amrita Rao, Manoj Pahwa, Sanjay Mishra, Harsh Chhaya, Mohan Kapoor, Mohan Agashe, Ramesh Deo, Mukund Bhatt and Vijay Gupta in supporting roles.

At the 61st National Film Awards, Jolly LLB (2013) bagged Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Supporting Actor for Saurabh Shukla who played the unforgettable role of the judge presiding over the trial. The film marked a major milestone in his film career and turned him into one of the most formidable supporting actors in Indian cinema, making this Jolly LLB poster, highly collectible!

Printed and circulated during the first release of the film in theaters (somewhere in 2013), this Bollywood courtroom drama movies poster was originally designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

A passport sized still photo of Arshad Warsi smiling is seen on the top left of this original Jolly LLB poster. He appears in his character of a small town advocate starting his legal practice in a big city and looking to gain popularity overnight. An announcement on the top right reads, “Sasta Sunder Bikau!” (English Translation: Cheap Beautiful Saleable!). The still and text put together appear like a visiting card.

This old Bollywood courtroom drama movies poster features a hilarious listing advertising legal “services.” The spelling of each service has been intentionally misspelled such as “Wetness” instead of witness. The text is inline with a scene from the film in which the young vernacular advocate bungles up his first PIL by misspelling appeal as “apple” and prosecution as “prostitution.”

This original Jolly LLB movie poster features a hilarious legal services offer highlighted in red: “SPECIAL OFFER. BUY 1 DIVORCE, GET ANOTHER FREE!” The film’s release date is mentioned at the bottom along with a tongue in cheek message, “AGAR AAPKI LAW SE LAGI PADI HAI TOH, MEET JOLLY IN THEATRES” (If you have been run over by the law, meet Jolly in theatres).

Typography used in this Bollywood courtroom drama movies posters is entirely in English, with the title of the film seen in typewritten font at the bottom.

The soundtrack album of Jolly LLB (2013) was composed by Krsna and became very popular at the time of it’s release. Songs like “Daru Peeke Nachna” sung by Mika Singh, “Mere Toh Lag Gaye” sung by Bappi Lahiri and “Jhooth Boliya” sung by Kamal Khan are fondly remembered and played till today.

Jolly LLB (2013) was inspired by the sensational BMW drunk driving hit-and-run case of 1999 in which Sanjeev Nanda (the son of an arms dealer and grandson of Naval Chief) ran over 7 people, killing 6 of them. A landmark trial followed that lasted for nearly a decade, with the accused released after serving only two years in prison.

Owing to the massive success of the film, a sequel called Jolly LLB 2 was released in 2017, with Saurabh Shukla reprising his role as judge. The film was written and directed by Subhash Kapoor as well. A third installment called Jolly LLB 3 is planned by the filmmaker starring Saurabh Shukla again along with Akshay Kumar and Huma Qureshi.