Junglee (2019 film)

Wild) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action adventure film directed by Chuck Russell in his directorial debut in Hindi cinema and produced by Junglee Pictures.

In the film, a veterinary doctor returns to his father's elephant reserve, where he encounters and clashes against an international poacher's racket.

Dipankar's son Raj is a veterinarian in Mumbai, who arrives for the 10th anniversary of his mother's death and visits his childhood elephant playmates Bhola and Didi.

Raj also reveals to them that the Inspector who framed him for being with hunters is a part of the group that supports elephant tusk smuggling.

In September 2016, it was announced that Jammwal will star as a veterinary doctor in Rohan Sippy's film titled Junglee which will "mirror a unique friendship between man and an animal.

The music of the film is composed by Sameer Uddin while the lyrics are penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan and Kumar Suryavanshi.

[10] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times Of India gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Watch Junglee for its spellbinding action, cute elephants and gorgeous jungles.

"[23] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "All-in-all, Junglee is an action-packed adventure which also tells us that we share this planet with lots of different species, who have an equal right to it..."[24] Priyanka Sinha Jha of News18 gave 2 out of 5 stars and feels that the film is a big disappointment.

[25] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Vidyut Jammwal is a dab hand at action, and those bits are watchable.

"[26] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Jammwal is about the only bright spot in a pulpy action-adventure film that is unlikely to do anything to enhance the reputation of a filmmaker who has successes like The Mask, Eraser and The Scorpion King behind him.

"[28] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in writes, "The message of Junglee is deadly serious, but its solutions belong firmly in the realm of the children’s movie.