Jai Ho was released on 24 January 2014, during the Republic Day weekend, and received mixed reviews from critics.

[5][6] Jai Agnihotri, a short-tempered INA Major, gets suspended after he ignores orders from his superiors by rescuing a group of children from terrorists.

One day, Jai is unable to help Suman, a physically disabled girl, take an examination, while her brother is stuck in a traffic jam.

On one occasion for one of his daily good deeds, Jai loses his temper and beats a rich man as he had injured a child beggar.

In an act of revenge, the rich man calls some henchmen to kidnap Geeta and her friend Rinky.

In late 2012, Sohail Khan announced he planned to remake the Telugu film Stalin starring Chiranjeevi Konidela and Trisha Krishna.

[7][8] Khan originally titled the remake Mental, but by the time the film was released, it had been re-titled Jai Ho.

Sajid, Irfan Kamal, Danish Sabri, Sameer Anjaan, Kausar Munir, Shabbir Ahmed, Armaan Malik, and Devi Sri Prasad wrote the lyrics for all the songs in the album.

[16]India Today gave Jai Ho a 3 out of 5 and commented that it was a rip off of Ek Tha Tiger with mindless action.

[18] Raja Sen of Rediff gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said, Khan, Bollywood's real-life answer to Derek Zoolander, does his thing like only he can.

Sitting in a single-screen theatre, the air was filled with shrill, thrilled whistles as soon as the censor certificate hit the screen.

"[19] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 2 stars out of 5, commenting "To be honest, very little stays with you when you leave the cinema, aside from the unpleasant aftertaste that comes from being shamelessly manipulated.

"[20] Taran Adarsh gave it 4.5 stars out of 5 and called it a "noble, well-intentioned message narrated in an entertaining format".

[27] DNA Films reported that Khan had requested that ticket prices be kept at the minimum so that people could afford to see the movie because of its message.

[28] The website Boxofficeindia.com said that Jai Ho opened well at single screens like Jodhpur, Lucknow, Indore, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and CI, with an occupancy of 80–100%, 25–30% better than Dhoom 3 and Chennai Express, and moderately well (50%) at multiplexes of Delhi, Punjab, Bangalore and Kolkata.

[48][49] Jai ho on its third Friday had collections set to be around ₹50 lakhs nett, with tax exemption in Gujarat also.