''Jilebi'' is a 2017 Indian

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comedy thriller film written, directed and produced by Shankar. It stars

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in the main role along with Yashas, Vijay Chandur and Nagendra. The

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and

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for the film is composed by James Architect. The cinematography is by M. R. Seenu. The film has been certified A by the censor board. The filming was completed in the month of May 2016 and the film is scheduled for release on 3 March 2017. The film ''Jilebi'' was released on 3 March, opened to positive reviews by the both critics and the audience. And the ''

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glitz'' called it an 'ALL TIME SWEET'.

Cast

as 'Jilebi' * Yashas Soorya as Soorya *

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* Nagendra U. A. *

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* Shobharaj as Police Inspector * Mithra * Rockline Sudhakar

Synopsis

The film begins with a steamy sequence inside a sex worker's (

) house with her in the shower. Though, one is immediately shown another track of three friends who are now set to head to Dubai and how they want to have one last night of adult fun. They take her to their bachelors room and celebrating one small party at night, all would be tightened by taking wine, at the same flat around sixty year old, who earlier was insulted by the Jilebi, where she appears in front of his flat, they start to argue each other during which he loses his patience and slapped her forcefully, she falls in to door wall and loses her life. And she turns into a ghost but boys would be thinking of her mysterious death. They start to leave room and go to Dubai to escape from the death allegations by packing her body into a suitcase to dispose in midway and the director maintained the suspense till the end and left audience to think by showing it will be continued in the sequel. The real story starts in the sequel ''Jilebi 2'', which is already shooting in

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Soundtrack

James Architect, a debutant, has scored for the soundtrack of the film.

Critical response

The writer, Sunanya Suresh of ''

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'' stated that "Director Shankar's Jilebi from its promos looked like a raunchy comedy with a hint of a thriller. While Jilebi has good casting, the characters that these actors play goes amiss somewhere. Also, in an attempt to play to the gallery, one ends up seeing too much of cheesy, corny and sometimes unappetizing humour that seem strung together loosely with a story. This film is ideally meant only for those who look for some titillation on screen".

Box office

The film ''Jilebi'' was performed fairly well at the

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box office by collecting over on a production budget of ₹1

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External links

First promo at Youtube
2017 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2010s comedy thriller films Indian comedy thriller films Indian sex comedy films 2017 comedy films