Jubilee Season 1
10 episodes · about 9 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Very good
11 reviews
69
18+
Summary
In a newly independent India, a studio boss, his movie-star wife, a trusted aide, a nautch girl and a refugee will have their paths cross in their pursuit of stardom and riches.
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All seasons
Season 12023 · 10 episodesVery good · 11 reviews18+
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Cast & crew
Created byVikramaditya Motwane, Soumik Sen
Season 1 directed byVikramaditya Motwane
Season 1 written byAtul Sabharwal
CastProsenjit Chatterjee
Aparshakti Khurana
Aditi Rao Hydari
Sidhant Gupta
Wamiqa Gabbi
Ram Kapoor
Nandish Singh
Shweta Basu Prasad
Summary
In a newly independent India, a studio boss, his movie-star wife, a trusted aide, a nautch girl and a refugee will have their paths cross in their pursuit of stardom and riches.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.Family Room
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Parents should know
A Partition-era showbiz saga: a character dies in communal riots, a financier swears constantly, a married star has an affair, and the final episodes turn heavy and tragic. Little fighting otherwise.
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The record, item by item
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“rioters spot Jamshed and they attack and thereby kill him” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“ambition, jealousy, love, murder, mystery, art, passion” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“murder trials ultimatums” view the record →
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“profanity-addicted financier who can never mention Madan Kumar without adding a swear word” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“his wife's illicit affair with Jamshed” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Film banane ke liye toh kisi na kisi ke saath sona hi padta hai, yaa sharir se yaa imaan se” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“pipe-smoking, attired-in-three-piece-suits Roy” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“riots have broken out in Lucknow due to the news of the partition” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the particularly heavy final two episodes of Jubilee I felt defeated and beaten into submission” view the record →
What the critics said
11 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
8 Apr 2023
The critic declares the hype real, calling Jubilee a must-watch unlike anything recent, driven by Aparshakti Khurana's revelatory performance and… Read it there →
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Shubhra Gupta · 7 Apr 2023
Gupta calls Jubilee a fascinating, beautifully crafted series about the birth of Hindi cinema, praising its writing, ensemble performances and… Read it there →
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YouTube · transcript read · 8 Apr 2023
Sucharita Tyagi calls Jubilee a staggeringly researched, performance-led epic about early Hindi cinema, singling out Siddhant Gupta, Aparshakti… Watch it there →
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8 Apr 2023
The critic calls Jubilee visually sumptuous and performance-led, singling out Aparshakti Khurana and Prasenjit Chatterjee while finding Aditi Rao… Read it there →
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Pooja Darade · 7 Apr 2023
Reviewing the first five episodes, the critic praises Jubilee as a captivating, well-cast ode to old Bombay cinema, singling out Aparshakti… Read it there →
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YouTube · transcript read · 7 Apr 2023
Reviewing the first five episodes, the critic says production design, music and performances are good but story and character development are only… Watch it there →
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8 Apr 2023
3/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
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10 Jun 2023
The critic calls the cast's performances and craft top-class, but faults a rushed, altered climax, muddled resolutions for Sumitra and Srikant,… Read it there →
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Nandini Ramnath · 7 Apr 2023
Ramnath (reviewing five of ten episodes) admires Jubilee's craft, period detail and several performances but finds the show cynical and 'cold to… Read it there →
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YouTube · transcript read · 7 Apr 2023
Film Companion finds Jubilee gorgeously mounted but deliberately bleak and emotionally distancing, praising Siddhant Gupta's breakout turn while… Watch it there →
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Pratikshya Mishra · 7 Apr 2023
Mishra praises Jubilee's performances and visual craft but concludes the ambitious premise is squandered by too many narrative threads and fading… Read it there →
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