Nanu Ki Jaanu
- Director
- Faraz Haider
- Studio
- Inbox Pictures
- Release Date
- 19 April 2018
- Running Time
- 133 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹15.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹4.12 Cr
Review
Nanu Ki Jaanu is a mess that mistakes quirk for cleverness and sentiment for substance. The premise—a property goon falling for the ghost of a girl he witnessed dying—could have been darkly comedic or genuinely unsettling in the right hands, but director Anurag Kashyap's handling is neither. Instead, we get a tonally confused hodgepodge that lurches between slapstick possession scenes, heavy-handed moral awakening, and forced romance that generates zero chemistry. Abhay Deol tries to carry the film with his typically assured performance, but he's fighting an uphill battle against a script that doesn't know whether it's making a thriller, a comedy, or a supernatural love story—and does justice to none of them.
What truly sinks this film is the fundamental problem at its core: we're asked to root for a romance between a career criminal and a dead girl while the narrative keeps yanking us in different directions. The ghost possession gags fall flat, the investigation into Siddhi's death meanders without proper buildup, and the "shocking discovery" finale doesn't land with any real impact. The film's attempt to moralize about Anand's redemption feels hollow when the story hasn't earned it through proper character development. Even by the standards of Kashyap's otherwise mediocre filmography, this feels like a project that ran out of ideas halfway through production and just limped toward an ending that nobody—least of all the audience—believed in.
Rating: 4/10
Storyline
So there's this guy Anand who's basically a property thug in Delhi—he and his crew intimidate people into selling their apartments through shady means. One day while heading to a sketchy deal, he witnesses a terrible accident where a girl named Siddhi gets hit and dies right in front of him. It completely messes with his head, and he becomes so disturbed that he can't focus on his criminal activities anymore. His gang thinks he's lost it and starts making fun of him for being so weird and distracted.
Things get really strange when Siddhi's ghost starts hanging around Anand's apartment. Turns out her father loves her so much that he's keeping her body preserved in a freezer at home. The ghost causes all sorts of chaos, even possessing people around Anand to get attention, which freaks everyone out. But as time goes on, Anand realizes the ghost isn't actually trying to hurt him or his friends—she's actually got feelings for him, and he starts developing genuine feelings for her too.
Driven by this connection, Anand becomes obsessed with finding out who hit Siddhi that fateful day so he can get justice for her. But through his investigation, he makes a shocking discovery that changes everything. Overwhelmed by guilt and ready to face the consequences, he decides to come clean—but things take an unexpected turn when he confesses his true feelings to the ghost, which triggers a dramatic moment involving Siddhi, her father, and some major revelations about what needs to happen next.
