Grail quest.

Jackpot (2019) is a caper movie, with a gang of charming but perhaps morally shady misfits stumblimg into crazy situations while chasing after a MacGuffin which can change all of their lives.  In Indian movies, the MacGuffin is usually a bag of diamonds, but in Jackpot the object of desire is a magical pot with the power to multiply anything placed within it.  So, you know, not really going for gritty realism here.

Our misfits in chief are Akshaya (Jyotika) and Masha (Revathy), small time con artists who steal from the middle class and give to . . . themselves, mostly, but they both have the requisite heart of gold and will help the less fortunate when needed.  They are an effective partnership, but Masha is clearly the quick-witted sidekick, while Akshaya is the swaggering hero who can con with the best of them but also beat up a room full of thugs when needed.

The titular jackpot is buried in the estate of Maanasthan (Anandaraj).  Maanasthan likes to think of himself as a crime lord, but he's really just a big bully who employs a gang of dim-witted henchmen and lives in fear of his police inspector sister Maanasthi (also played by Anandaraj, and it's exactly as funny as it sounds, i.e. not very).  Maanasthan has no idea that the pot even exists, let alone is buried on his estate, so he has no idea why these two crazy women keep messing with him.

And then there's Ragul (Vinu Krithik), a handsome young man who dreams of a career in the movies.  One night Ragul insults the wrong soothsayer and is magically transformed into a giant insectthe decidedly less handsome Yogi Babu.  In his new form, Ragul has no identification and even his parents don't believe he is who he says he is, so after his own set of misadventures, he's left hungry and wandering the streets until he manages to stumble on to the main plot.

When discussing South Indian films, you'll sometimes come across the terms "mass" and "class."  A class film is a movie with serious artistic intent, a movie which focuses on a specific topic and is often aimed at a specific audience.  A mass film, on the other hand, focuses on entertainment, and will usually include over the top action scenes, broad comedy, catchy songs and big dance numbers.  Mass heroes tend to be swaggering badasses who can back up their swagger with physics-defying stunts when needed.  Jackpot is trying very hard to be a mass film.

The big difference is Jyotika.  She's been in mass movies before (including one which is actually called Mass) but as the love interest, not as the hero.  Here, she's the hero, and her job is to be awesome.  She's awesome.  It's not a subtle performance, but it is a very entertaining one.