Atlee’s ‘Jawan’ has a terrific Shah Rukh Khan in full-on ‘mass’ mode, but the film itself is far from terrific

Spoilers ahead…

In the same year, Shah Rukh Khan has given us a movie with and a “mass” movie with . Everything tied together in . Everything – the Dimple Kapadia character, the reason the villain became a villain –  was tied to the nation. In other words, we had a screenplay that entertained us by telling us an organic story, whose every emotional beat rose from a central idea. Atlee’s have been a similar movie – but then, with the exception of , Atlee does not do coherent movies. He makes “mass” movies that showcase the hero, and few hero-showcasing scenes have topped the one in , where an ailing, bandaged Shah Rukh Khan is roused by the sound of bullets at the beginning of the film. Just like an amnesiac gets his memory back (at the end) through the sound of a gun, this mummified Shah Rukh is revived by these bullet sounds. We get a sensational silhouette – bandages flying, the sky streaked with lightning. And the hero is back in action.

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