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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 from Kaml
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Rambo Indian Style: Baaghi 2 Review

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BAAGHI 2 (2018) Directed by: Ahmed Khan  Rather than following his father’s footsteps young actor Tiger Shroff is on a mission to portray roles that are s combination of Hrithik Roshan and Salman Khan ! The rate at which he’s either shaking a leg or flexing his biceps is enough evidence of his Hero worship.  The predictable plot here starts with an Army Man Ronnie (Tiger Shroff) summoned by his ex flame Neha (Disha Patani) to track down her missing daughter who she claims has been kidnapped. Everyone including her neighbors and husband Shekhar (Darshan Kumar) claim they never had a daughter and the existence of the missing girl is disputed. Enter the cops, a plethora of muscle flexing, drug abusing or cigar smoking villains and the plot is thickened in order to give the hero enough reason to bash down the baddies and unravel the mystery.  The plot is not only confusing and misleading but the way the director has approached the story is highly questionable of his directorial abilities.
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