So, here's my JAWAN review!
Firstly tell me, What comes to your mind when your hear about latest 'Shah Rukh Khan movie' ?
- Rom-Com? Humour? Actions? Monologues Wickedness? Tragedy? Patriotism?
Well..well..these are already on the list, but what if the director of the movie decides to raise the important social & political issues in a very blunt way?
Yes! You heard it right!
~Let's not talk about the content, as it's like other 'Kollywood' types, filled with high action in super speed pace. 3 entry sequences, rom-com, action, elevation scenes, promising interval & a good ending.
Now, listen, It's not about 'what' OR 'how many'; but 'how' JAWAN covers its political allusions within 3 hours! ( than media did in 9 years lol )
• JAWAN doesn't just bring up vote-bank politics, the oxygen cylinder crisis OR Capitalistic pollution; several movie already have. But, director Atlee employs very specific micro-lenses to macro-issues.
You can find the exact news articles that are enacted out as scenes.
& should I have to say anything more about the 'False accusation' on Doctors?
• Your each hair-pore feels the grief as you watch the farmer die. You feel it in your bones because Atlee doesn't just talk about farmer suicides. He alludes - how unpredictable climate patterns (like- long droughts & suddenly cloudburst or hail), specially caused a terrifying rise in farmer suicides in the recent past.
• The microlens allows you to infer the larger systemic issues.
It is Atlee, telling you- " Hey, here's a byte. But you're smart enough to push this further. Start now."
You sense this urgency & collective grief largely through the VICTIM'S BACKSTORIES, rather than through hero-monologues that are often typical in 'bridge cinema' merging the commercial with the social.
• Moments in hall =
[ I've never seen this type of madness for any bollywood movie! It feels like different worlds converging, while carving a new one for contemporary Indian Cinema. One that retains what we have come to love.
From big flower garlands in posters - to - housefull signboards;
from whistle & clapping moments in every punchlines - to - moisty eyes and nose in elevation scenes..
ALONG WITH responsibly opining on today's affairs. Media that speculates has always existed.
Those 2 hr 45 minutes were literally something unmatchable!
JAWAN'S WORLD DREAMT OF ITS SCALABILITY!
And I was wanting more..
What could be a bigger demand from a movie than this?
Grew up watching his movies, & that's why, today SRK's success literally feels personal !!
JAWAN creates history~ Both in Box office & in our hearts !! ]
MUST WATCH ! !
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5