Jajabara 2.0 to hit screens tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: The Noir thriller Odia movie Jajabara 2.0 directed by Abhishek Swain and Produced by Kaushik Das and Ram Patnaik all set to hit screens on Friday.

A special premiere show will be organised at Swati Cinema hall where stars of the movie will be present.

The film was released in cinema halls across the state March 22 and will later be streamed on the AAO NXT OTT platform.

This film, set in a fictional city of the late 1990s, is about three nomads: Jagat, who seeks redemption from his past; Satya, who seeks redemption from his own self; and Manini, who seeks redemption from the wicked city, and how all of them are interlinked.

The movie trailer was appreciated by filmmakers such as Anurag Kashyap, Mira Nair, actor Dilip Shankar among others.
In his Instagram story, Kashyap said, “An Odia film trailer I came across, so aesthetically shot and so intriguing… Is it releasing in Mumbai?”

Similarly, Mira Nair wrote, “Thrilled to see Odia Noir.”

Thanking the filmmaker and director of the movie, Abhishek Swain said, “The OG has appreciated the hard work that the team of @jajabara 2.0 has put in till date!! Thank you so much for the appreciation, @anuragkashyapro sir.

Produced by Kaushik Das and Ram Patnaik, the movie stars Devesh Ranjan, Prasanjeet Mohapatra, Sonali Sharmistha, BM Baisali, Choudhury Bikash Das, Sweta Acharya, and Manas Ranjan in important roles.
The movie, an Aaonxt original, is presented by Kaustuv Dreamworks Studios. It travelled to different film festivals and screened recently at the Jagran Film Festival.