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Ight guys let’s be real. This is a FanFic that Sharukhans wife found on Reddit and was like oh shoot this is so cool. If I knew going in how unserious this movie would take it self I’d appreciate it more. Great bad movie would watch again drunk.

Beautiful rendition of Forest Gump. Indians are so butt hurt when any criticism of Nationalistic propaganda happens. Indian critics just bombed the reviews because of Aamir Khan’s own “politics” because he’s doesn’t glaze Modi. This movie alone on its own merit is amazing. It holds down the Forest Gump narrative with the time line from the 80’s to today. It glances over the historical events which could be a critique in which they need to be addressed a little more deeply. However this is the forest Gump way where we get a glimpse of history from a perspective of a blissfully ignorant child with autism. It’s funny, beautiful, sad, educational, and touching in the end. Don’t hate the movie, hate the actor sure. But respect the craft.

Surprisingly well done, action, dialog (some cringe), settings, camera work, and characters were VERY well written. The old head Pakistan evil, India good and save the world concept is here which is a portion of the annoying part of the film. Other than that the only Major criticism other than bad CGI and goofy action at times is the LACK OF AWARENESS OF HOW DATED NATIONALISM IS. The director is clearly an old head, grew up with nationalism of serving one’s country like WW2 and if ur part of The baby boomers maybe that concept appeals to you. But as someone knowledgeable about the dangers true war and nationalistic propaganda has on citizens, it is a major turn off too see that as the driving force. A battle of good vs evil is always appreciated in action Marvel esc movies. But the idea a soldier serves and dies for his country when many times they die for no reason or beliefs old men in an office thousands of miles away are pushing for makes it annoying to hear. Overall It makes sense a lot of the older actors are carrying this movie as it should appeal to older gen in regards to the meaning of the movie. But action twists and turns make this movie very fun for everyone. Edit: I wanna add on to my major criticism with an important example from the movie, spoiler alert ahead. The villain played by John Abraham is an Indian spy who is held hostage along with his pregnant Wife. India refuses to pay the ransom and his wife dies in front of him. This is where his revenge arc begins but he directs it towards the Indian citizens instead of the higher ups and political leaders. If he did that instead it would make him even a stronger villain easy to root for, killing political leaders, etc instead of innocent people. Instead the idea of him becoming super evil cuz he doesn’t succumb to the nationalism of India is used as a weak excuse for his actions instead. The final dialogues of the movie highlight this as “a soldier is suppose to make sacrifices for his country, not the country making sacrifices for its soldiers” is said. On the other hand, Deepika, a former Pakistani spy, is praised as a hero when she turns against her government and rejects the nationalism of Pakistan. The director tries to turn the tables on the Villain John Abraham at the end when he was willing to bomb a Pakistani Territory and not just India but at that point it’s such a forced change of pace trying to end this country feud drama that it’s comical. The director was trying to appeal to both sides of the boarder as he knows it may offend one. (As a Pakistani I really don’t care, just dislike nationalism from any country in a film) Clearly the director not only had his own agenda, he understood the limitations of writing about Indian political leaders. Instead he used Indian citizens as pawns who could be attacked by the enemy instead of political officials. Censorship clearly limited the scope of the films characters and targets. the director plays to his strength’s feeding off his Indian demographic. At the end of this all I felt like it was an AD to join the Indian Army and I’m kinda down to be a super spy now. JAI HIND!?

Great acting by Vicky, Kiara, and the entirety of the Cast in general. Really funny and cool mystery murder than never takes it self to seriously and has fun along the whole way. Every character makes their own impact and it all comes together very well for a CRAZY TWIST at the end. Worth the watch and builds up perfectly for a must watch ending that’ll have you at the edge of your seat. Songs go very well as well and are a lot deeper to the plot than you may realize 👀. 5/5 would watch again