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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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Revisiting a classic story untold : UTSAV (1984)

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REVISITING - UTSAV (1984) The story begins with Amjad Khan (playing the  soothradhar  and Vatsayan, the author of  Kama Sutra ) introducing the characters to the viewers. He shows Vasantasena (Rekha), a prominent courtesan, running away from the lecherous and stupid Samasthanak (Shashi Kapoor), the brother-in-law of the king Paalak. She lands up in the house of a poor musician Charudutt (Shekhar Suman), who is indifferent to the bad times that have struck him. She learns that his wife has gone to visit her parents with his child. That night, Vasantsena falls for him, makes love to with him and leaves for her brothel, not before leaving her jewellery under his care. But the jewellery gets stolen by Sajjal (Shankar Nag), a thief, who wants to marry Vasantsena’s maid Madanika (Neena Gupta) by paying a price. The city, sinking to anarchy due to the waywardness of the nobility, is at the brink of a revolution being plotted by Aryak (Kunal Kapoor) and his aide (Kulbhushan Kharbanda). Vasants
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