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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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We didn’t deserve Parveen Babi

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Yes we didn’t deserve that shooting star called Parveen Babi. The humiliation, turmoil, discrimination she was subjected to when alive and the glorified assassination she's melted out after death she never deserved it. Only if someone could have had some empathy for that soul things may have been different.  Babi a well educated westernised young girl started modelling in 1970 and soon caught the eye of Bollywood film makers, after a dismal debut she reached superstardom when paired with the then reigning superstar Amitabh in several box office hits including Majboor(1975), Deewar(1975), Amar Akbar Anthony(1977), Kaala Pathhar(1979), Suhaag(1979), Kaalia(1981), Khuddar(1982) and many others. In 1976 she appeared on the cover of the prestigious TIME magazine, a first for any Indian celebrity. Inspite of acting in author backed roles in movies like Rang Birangi(1983) all she was talked about, or worse gossiped about was her sex drive, non religious eating habits, boyfriends, and her...
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