JAWS 2

I remember Dad taking me to watch Jaws 1 as a little girl. I would be fascinated with all the action on the big screen. And I was definitely terrified as the shark attacked one person after the other. As the music heightened to a scary crescendo and the waves of the sea almost swirled around me, I would cling to my Dad's arm, shuddering at the very horror of seeing the water turn red as the shark would take its victims down. An absolute entertainer, I would say now when I look back!
And today, while surfing channels, I got to see Jaws 2, another refreshing thriller. Ofcourse the same romping and chomping by the shark and the screaming by a teenage group but then it somehow refreshed my memories of Dad and me going to watch weird movies. Dad always loved that somehow! Watching weird, scary stuff and I loved it too! I give it a 4.5 out of 5 for its riveting story, making sure I didn't blink a peep!

Jaws 2 is a 1978 American horror thriller film, the first sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws franchise. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, it stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, who must deal with another great white shark terrorizing the waters of Amity Island, a fictional seaside resort, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respective roles as Martin's wife Ellen Brody and mayor Larry Vaughn.

Jaws 2 was briefly the highest-grossing sequel in history until The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980. The film's tagline, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...," has become one of the most famous in film history and has been parodied and homaged several times. Jaws 2 is widely considered to be the best Jaws sequel.^[7]

Jaws 2 was followed by Jaws 3-D and Jaws: The Revenge, released in 1983 and 1987, respectively. (Wikipedia)

Around the same time in 1978 in Assam, Atul Bordoloi was directing Kollol, a story which was definitely different from Jaws but was far more interesting for the Assamese audience as it revolved around a shark in the Brahmaputra river. The late Chandra Narayan Baruah did an excellent show of his acting skills. Years later, when I met him on the sets of one of his directorial productions, Stabdha Prahar, in which I playing one of the lead roles, he narrated how hard they had to work for Kollol. The shark in the river was actually a man swimming under water with a prop of the dorsal fin. The man had a tough time as he couldn't remain under water for a long time. Yet they created a master-piece. The cinematography was excellent, not to forget Bishnu Khargoria's exemplary presence on screen. This film was produced in 1978 and subsequently bagged the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Feature Film in Assamese. A 5 out of 5 for an excellent Assamese film of the late 70's.