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JAWAAN (2023) : review

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And finally the much hyped, much awaited Jawaan saw light of the day ! Big stars, big budget( humongous budget actually), big music composer, everything super large. But does it meet the expectations of the average viewer? No it goes not. Read on.  A decorated jawan locks horns with a criminal called Kaali, this is in 1986 ( the year movies like Aakhri Raasta released, just for reference). Kaali gets him eliminated and send the pregnant wife to jail. The baby born in jail grows up to become the hero (look alike of the father) and decides to avenge the misdeeds done to his innocent patriotic parents. Well, isn’t it a masaaledaar full on Bollywood- Tollywood drama subject ?  And then the director Atlee also borrows ideas and references from various retro movies, some idea from Sholay (1975) as the hero assembled a gang of jailed Qaidis in order to form a team to nab the villain, then there’s an entire episode borrowed from Dhartiputra (1993), and the basic theme is copy pasted ...
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PK .....A feel good factor

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After delivering major hits like the Munnabhai series and 3 Idiots it's natural for expectations to soar sky high from director Rajkumar Hirani. He doesn't disappoint instead exceeds the expectations. In a country obsessed with blind faith we have a host of so called "godmen" who are making pots of money by cheating the so called innocent believers. Hirani tries to expose the not so good face of the evil godmen here. The movie chronicles the journey of PK ( Aamir Khan ) who along with a feisty journo Jagat Janani ( Anushka Sharma ) tries to make public the evil intentions of a money spinning god man Tapaswi Baba (Saurabh Shukla ). Hirani scores high in the direction department. He successfully mixes humour with emotions and presents a beautiful roller coaster ride. He along with writer Abhijat Joshi have tried their best not to hurt any religious sentiments. .by balancing the various religion related jokes. For that matter the jokes in the movie do not appear cru...
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