Gopichand Malineni’s ‘Jaat’, starring Sunny Deol, is a potent masala movie that overrides predictability with a terrific first half

And even if the post-interval portions don’t quite measure up, the visual energy keeps us watching. Along with the hero who owns the now-legendary ‘dhai kilo ka haath’. The rest of this review may contain spoilers.

It’s the season for political references in our big-star masala movies. If Empuraan went back to the 2002 violence in Gujarat, which is still contentious, Sunny Deol’s Jaat finds its villain in the Sri Lankan Civil War, making the still-contentious claim that the Tigers were terrorists. This villain’s name is Ranatunga, and he’s played by Randeep Hooda in full-on savage-menace mode. I think more of our serious actors should give in to the pleasures of the masala movie, at least once in a while. The man is wildly magnetic. Given his place of origin, Ranatunga is the Ravana of this movie, while the hero gets his introduction on an Ayodhya-bound train filled with devotees singing the praises of Rama. Due to an accident (or due to divine intervention), the train stops near the place where Ranatunga and his men have unleashed their reign of terror. And the showdown begins.

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