Jogi Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Genre | Drama, Historical, Period |
Release date | 16 September 2022 |
Running time | 1hr 56min |
Certificate | TV-MA |
Starring | Diljit Dosanjh Amyra Dastur Hiten Tejwani Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub |
Directed by | Ali Abbas Zafar |
Written by | Sukhmani Sadana Ali Abbas Zafar |
Produced by | Ali Abbas Zafar Himanshu Kishan Mehra |
Cinematography by | Marcin Laskawiec |
Edited by | Steven H. Bernard |
Music by | Julius Packiam |
Production Company | AAZ Films |
Distributor | Netflix |
Jogi Movie Cast & Characters:
- Diljit Dosanjh as Joginder Singh “Jogi”
- Kumud Mishra as Tejpal Arora, MLA
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Rawinder Chautala, Jogi’s Hindu friend and police officer
- Hiten Tejwani as Lali, police inspector
- Amyra Dastur as Kammo
- Apinderdeep Singh as “Sukhi” Jogi’s elder brother
- Paresh Pahuja as Kaleem Ansari, Jogi’s Muslim friend
- Neelu Kohli as Jogi’s mother
- Mikhail Yawalkar as Daler Singh
- Mandeep Kaur as Sukhi’s wife
- Charu Kumar as Heer, Jogi’s sister
- Samarjit Singh Mahajan, Jogi’s Nephew
- K.P. Singh as Tejinder, Heer’s husband
- Noyrika as Shehnaaz, Kaleem’s wife
Storyline:
Amid tension in 1980s India, three friends of different faiths unite in a noble yet dangerous effort to save hundreds in their town.
About Jogi Movie:
Jogi’s film is centered on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Jogi was released on Netflix on 16 September 2022.
It received mixed-to-positive reviews from the critics, with praise for the performances (especially of Ayyub’s, Mishra’s and Dosanjh’s), direction, cinematography, background score, editing, production design, and themes. However, the screenplay and depiction of the 1984 Sikh genocide received a polarizing response.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 10 critics’ reviews are positive.