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When I was a kid, participating in elocution competitions was kinda cool. You had to speak about global warming and India after independence, which thanks to my competitive parents, wasn’t a tough thing to conceptualize about. I just had to mug up those long pages. My teachers were very appreciative of my efforts, but it didn’t take them a while in recognizing who had stayed up late to prepare for my words. I used to wonder how they’d catch me, considering the fact that I’d stage the speeches so well. Today after watching Jagga Jasoos, I understood why. I might sound too harsh, because for once I do accept that this is a comic book superhero, imperfect, bumbling and yet one who has tremendous stamina when jumping off running trains and tall walls to defy its super villain. And that Ranbir pulls off brilliantly (except the overdone stammering, yes). The movie asks you to not take itself very seriously, right from the “pictureshuru” (Oh yeah, Barfi again!). The first half ...