Jai Lava Kusa (2017) on Netflix
NR20172h 30mActionDramaThriller
Identical triplets Jai, Lava and Kusa are separated in childhood and grow up apart. Jai turns to crime, Kusa becomes a petty thief, and Lava works as a bank manager.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb6.8/107,360 votes
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Plot summary
Jai, Lava and Kusa are triplets who get separated during their childhood because of small clashes. While Jai becomes an evil blooded criminal, the other two, Kusa and Lava end up as small-time crook and bank manager respectively. The twist in the tale arises when Jai kidnaps both the brothers and asks them to help him in his political growth. What is Jai’s agenda? Why did he kidnap his brothers? How can the innocent Lava and Kusa manage the criminal Jai?
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Jai Lava Kusa (2017)
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- For the main antagonist, the makers picked Kannada actor Duniya Vijay, but he was banned by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce after a freak accident on the sets of Maasthi Gudi (2017) killed two stuntmen. Bollywood actor Ronit Roy replaced him, making his Telugu debut.
- To create N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s look for the triple role, the production signed Hollywood prosthetics and Legacy Effects expert Vance Hartwell, whose credits include the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Enthiran, Iron Man and Shutter Island, and flew him from Los Angeles to measure NTR for a facial mask.
- At the end of June 2017, leaked stills and a teaser from the film appeared online and went viral; the production house asked fans not to share them on social media, and some of those responsible were later identified and arrested.
- On the first day of the film's Pune schedule, held on 26 July 2017, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. changed 42 different costumes for 13 scenes, all shot in a single day, which impressed the crew.
- Samantha Akkineni was initially added to the cast as one of the film's three female leads, reportedly to play a negative role, but she turned down the offer.
