Aadil Ali

Laal Singh Chaddha Rating: 3 Star ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Brilliant 1st half , crash landing 2nd half ,Overall a feel good average movie POSITIVES: The film does have bright shining moments , hilarious moments , emotional moments making you go teary eyed , mind blowing timeline of events starting from emergency , Kargil War , operation bluestar , & Mumbai Blasts and finally a sweet love story brewing beween Rupa & Laal Singh Chaddha. First half is a rollercoaster ride on journey of Laal Singh from his childhood , Shahrukh Khan’s cameo comes as a surprise in between the first half where he is seen in his young avatar and laal singh taking credit of his signature pose . The war scenes are well directed , VFX is top notch , digital deaging is well managed for the characters specially Aamir & Kareena , cinematography is lovely & delight to watch, Background Score is soothing and gives a classic touch to the movie all through , Music is lovely specially the song Kahani . Aamir Khan has done a decent job kudos to him on the preps with his looks ,rest follows the ensemble cast Naga Chaitanya could have had a better role as after a point the chaddi banyan joke gets too much overused, Special Mentions for Mona Singh she has lived the character , Kareena Kapoor has been amazing and also looks pretty in the movie . NEGATIVES: 2nd half of the movie just crash lands the film to be boring and dragged , editing is also to be blamed as the scenes get exaggerated beyond a point , there are few scenes that lite up the 2nd half but there are more scenes that make it a boredom , Aamir Khans Hmmm tone gets into your head , the love story angle gets repetitive , Climax of the film could have been better written the last 10 to 15 mins feel soo unnecessary and heavily dragged . FINAL VERDICT Without any comparison to the original i should say this is an average movie which brings in a soothing feel good wala feeling , the film has its share of amazing moments as well as dragged moments, only if you can adjust with the boredom in 2nd half and length of the film then go for it , it has refreshing moments , it has emotional moments , it has inspiring moments and a soothing love story as an whole package.

After all the hype created on the movie "Pathaan" since its release, I couldn't resist myself from watching it in a theatre, but surprisingly my premonition was correct. May be this is an unpopular opinion about the movie basis my personal experience, but fans of SRK shouldn't find it demeaning. First of all, this YRF Spy Universe is nothing new, it has Tiger, Kabir and now Pathaan as spy soldiers... Review by- AADIL ALI