AB LLB Review - An Actor Beating The Nerves Of Lawyers in The Courtroom

Sami Khan's latest webseries, AB LLB, is a typical fun lot for the Hindi audience. We have seen these LLB's comic and humorous battles and arguments in Jolly LLB and Jolly LLB 2 earlier. While those commercial hits were about a lawyer finding his own path, AB LLB adds an actor's angle to it. That AB in the title means actor Babloo, while the rest of the story is what you would call a corny flick with a few laughs here and there. AB LLB has some funny moments, but overall, it doesn't really find its worth as a superior show.Babloo (Sami Khan) is a struggling actor, who becomes a lawyer to fulfil his father's last wish. Reluctant to work the courtroom instead of the film's sets, he struggles in this profession too. Based on his acting skills and filmy mind, he wins a #MeToo case for a movie producer and gets a chance in movies. His fate disappoints again, and then he comes back to the courtroom to win a difficult case for a poor man, who allegedly killed his son and his girlfriend, against the girl's aggressive elder brother, who is one of the town's successful lawyers.An interesting fact about the film is that the story is based on a true event that isn't well known. The script draws inspiration from many Bollywood movies, including the Jolly LLB series. The jokes are somewhat funny, while some are cheap, but the overall gesture is tolerable. That #MeToo segment is funnily written as you see a girl—something similar to what we know as Savita Bhabhi from adult movies—filing a case against a producer who is not straight. Those Vidya Balan's Oo La La vibes are there too (if you know what I mean). The first ever comic segment of a stage play has double-meaning jokes that the masses can enjoy. There are some problems with the screenplay and production value, as they don't match the standard level of today's webseries.Sami Khan's performance is strictly okay, while the supporting actors around him created a big mess. Sameer Dharmadhikari goes back to the old angry-young-man zone we used to witness in the 90s serials on Doordarshan, but what's wrong with that? I think some people like those soaps. Rakesh Bedi and Shubhangi Latkar as judges have a few good scenes, but nothing remarkable. Sandhya Manik, Sanjay Khapare, and Rajesh Durge give below-average performances, whereas Apoorva Sapkal as Avni looks like a typical beautiful young girl with no skin-show. Shailesh Darekar's editing irritates you for some time, but the way he has cut the last scenes of every episode is really good because he keeps the curiosity alive for the upcoming episodes, or rather, I'd say he increases it from nowhere. The cinematography and dialogue are below par to be considered in a courtroom drama. The series solely rides on Sami Khan, as he writes it, acts in it, and directs it the way he wants. In all three aspects, he could've scored better grades compared to what other new filmmakers are making nowadays in the web show' world. As w whole, AB LLB is your typical Desi masala comedy that comes with some flaws of its own. Nevertheless, an actor's character beating the nerves of lawyers in the court is something to watch for.