<h2>Movie: Jawan Director: Atlee Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara Rating: 4/5</h2>
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/jawan-shah-rukh-khan-nayantharas-film-gets-leaked-hours-after-theatrical-release-23307767" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jawan </a>is a rare, mad-actioner, with that many females in the fighting force. Usually, action is perceived as an all-male genre, both from the audience&rsquo;s POV, and those inhabiting it.&nbsp;
This deliberately feminist subversion works equally for the box-office. No actor in the world has as strong a women fan-club as Shah Rukh Khan (SRK). They will show up in theatres, also because they&rsquo;ve been promised two SRKs for the price of one.
That fact deserves no spoiler-alert. You&rsquo;ve seen the trailer of Jawan, you know this already from its most loved line: &ldquo;Bete ko haath lagane se pehle, baap se baat kar (Before you touch his son, talk to the father).&rdquo;&nbsp;
It got the loudest claps in my hall. The hero plays both father and lookalike son. Which, in director Atlee&rsquo;s solid, self-aware Tamil movie-verse, is a common phenomenon (both Bigil, Mersal; starring &lsquo;Thalapathy&rsquo; Vijay).&nbsp;
If anything, Papa <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/jawan-sanya-malhotra-reveals-how-she-manifested-her-dream-to-work-with-shah-rukh-khan-watch-video-23307791" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">SRK</a>, in a beard and probably a wig, chomping on a cancer stick between his lips, looks more and more like &lsquo;Thalaiva&rsquo; Rajnikanth.&nbsp;
The movie&rsquo;s money-shot belongs to this gent, as he unleashes a long, metallic belt to vanquish his enemies on a flying motorcycle&mdash;with Madras composer Anirudh&rsquo;s trademarked heavy rock/metal belting in the background. Soon, thereafter, SRK as rugged Rajni Sir, throws his cigar into the gas-tank, blowing up that damn, running motor-bike!
The heroines opposite the lead double-role are the South sensation, Nayanthara, and Bengaluru&rsquo;s OG Deepika Padukone. The villain is the gruff-voiced Vijay Sethupathi, literally eating his own words (had trouble deciphering his speech; loud BGM doesn&rsquo;t help). The crew is inherently Atlee&rsquo;s.&nbsp;
Is this, therefore, Delhi-born Mumbaikar, SRK, who owns Kolkata&rsquo;s favourite cricket team, equally eyeing Chennai, for both market expansion, and inspiration? Hell, yeah. And why not&hellip; What&rsquo;s a great entertainer, if it doesn&rsquo;t unite audiences, macha!&nbsp;
And what kinda film is that likely to be? Lyrics in the background score say it all: &ldquo;Boom, massy, massy, massy, yo!&rdquo; Centred on the superstar, making a solid entry, altogether covered up in bandages, landing from the sky, in a strange place in India&rsquo;s north-eastern border. That&rsquo;s enough for you to wonder, what happens next.
So, what happens next? Ideally, if you&rsquo;re in the front row, in a cheaper priced multiplex (as I am), surrounded by enthu-cutlets, also up for an 8 am, first day, first show&mdash;you lean forward, instead of reclining your seat, rooting for the hero to give his all.&nbsp;
The pleasure is in watching the demonic villains go to hell&mdash;whether a feku/liar politician, or corrupt businessman. Some of the incidents in the film are pulled from news headlines, still. And SRK, 57, a genetic marvel, given his stamina, is there to rub his energy off on you.
I have lived long enough to know that you don&rsquo;t simply review movies aimed so directly at the gut, in a dark theatre&mdash;you rate the bloody experience! Yes, they can get exhaustingly guttural at times; or often, in fact. That&rsquo;s the genre&rsquo;s prime flaw. Jawan is far from it.&nbsp;
And why&rsquo;s that? Because the film, while a tad long, has strong legs to stand on. In what&rsquo;s the superstar&rsquo;s first, directly in-your-face political film. Also, deeply patriotic. For, what is patriotism, if not care for fellow nationals? At one point, I heard the crowd behind me let out the cry, &ldquo;Bharat mata ki ji! (Hail, Mother India!)."
Who is SRK's twin characters chiefly fighting against, on behalf of the audience? Big, crony corporations that game elections/democracy to get what they want&mdash;bank loans, to arms deals&mdash;while the poor continue to suffer, and vote in the same lot again.&nbsp;
Who is SRK fighting with? You can attribute it to the star-producer's cred, earned over three decades, that most actors, particularly in the female force, while in small/walk-on parts, otherwise, play leads in major films/series: Sanya Malhotra (Dangal), Priyamani (The Family Man), Riddhi Dogra (The Married Woman)&hellip; Even the men in the cast, with barely a few lines on screen, are the sorts of Sunil Grover, Sanjay Dutt!
At its core, Jawan is a film on vigilante justice, as baldie SRK holds as hostage, the Mumbai Metro train, between Versova and Ghatkopar (I guess, since the rest haven&rsquo;t come up!). A lot like A Wednesday (2008), if you may.&nbsp;
The hijacker demands money to be transferred into accounts of poorest people in debt. It&rsquo;s a crazy thing to ask for. Only less crazy than thousands of crores of debt that the privileged/rich manage to get written off, instead. That&rsquo;s the hero&rsquo;s peeve.&nbsp;
The choreographed heroism being the main point of the pic. It&rsquo;s something we equally witnessed in SRK&rsquo;s last release, the same year. To be sure, Jawan (2023) &gt; Pathaan (2023).&nbsp;
Because it just feels more raw and earthy. Given a beginning, middle, and end, that ties in smartly with the beginning&mdash;pieces in the jigsaw fitting in fine. With world-building, which is Atlee&rsquo;s, that&rsquo;s unique to the SRK universe, and a decisive worldview, that draws you in, wholly.&nbsp;
A few years ago, when SRK would&rsquo;ve picked the director + script, during a self-imposed sabbatical, he seemed lost at the box-office, while Bollywood itself appeared more sorted. The reverse appeared the case, post-pandemic. Having done his homework, he&rsquo;s unwittingly ended up reviving the Hindi film industry, along with his own career. Jawan is the jawab.
As the superstar, super-confident with his material, ironically understated still, he talks straight to his audience. Telling them what they&rsquo;d hopefully like to hear.
In this case, the power of the common man/voter. There is enough goofiness in the action and humour (could do with more of the latter), for it to be suitable for children, simultaneously. This is SRK vs system. What&rsquo;s there not to love; c&rsquo;mon, let&rsquo;s go (I plan to, again)!
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Jawan movie review: This Shah Rukh Khan and Nayanthara actioner has the whole nation buzzing. Read on to find out why!

Jawan movie review: Baap!

Movie: Jawan
Director: Atlee
Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara
Rating: 4/5

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