Jackson Bazaar Youth review: A powerful musical about relevant social issues

Entertainment By Arjun Ramachandran 19/05/2023 Read the article

Debutant director Shamal Sulaiman’s Jackson Bazaar Youth has all the elements to be an interesting one. It is about a band of the same name.

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The band consists of Jackson Velayyan (Jaffer Idukki), Shankaran (Gopalan Adat), Appu (Lukman Avaran), Rameshan (Fahim Safar), and Rekha (Anagha Ashok).

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Jackson Bazaar Youth deals with the realities faced by the underprivileged like shortage of drinking-water and displacement in the name of development.

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Jackson Bazaar, where the band members reside, is marked to be taken over for the widening of roads. Jackson even dies due to police brutality.

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Jackson Bazaar Youth has power-packed performances by the lead actors. Jaffer Idukki delivers one of his career-best performances.

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Lukman Avaran and Gopalan Adat play important roles. Chinnu Chandni’s performance has to be appreciated. Indrans is the show-stealer.

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One major weak point in the movie is the sudden transition of Indrans.

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The music by Govind Vasantha goes well with the movie. The background music with importance to trumpet gave a different mood to Jackson Bazaar Youth.

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The cinematography by Deepak D Menon was good. He very well utilised the picturesque location in Kollam.

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