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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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Is Love Enough? SIR- Review

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Directed by: Rohena Gera Cast: Tilottama Shome, Vivek Gomber, Rahul Vohra, Divya Seth, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Dilnaz Irani, Anupriya Goenka, Akash Sinha, Chandrachoor Rai and others.  Warm welcome to the director who has handled a societal divide between the rich and the downtrodden so sensitively without pampering the sex hungry OTT crowd. The “Sir” in this story is a wealthy elite New York based man who returns to India after a bitter breakup with his to be wife a few days before the wedding. Living in a posh apartment (suitable to his high end status) the only person catering to his needs is the livein house maid Ratna.  The maid who’s a widow battling financial issues back in her village has aspirations of becoming a dress designer, with each other’s sympathetic company a sensitive and tender relationship is forged by the two between each other, while the Sir is emotionally and psychologically involved, Ratna thinks of the practical repercussions of their unusual and social...
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