Jawan (जवान)

​"Jawan (जवान)"

Watched Hindi movie "Jawan (जवान)". 

This film is directed by Atlee. Story by Atlee. Produced by Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma. Music by Anirudh Ravichander. Cinematography G. K. Vishnu. The film features Shahrukh Khan, Nayantara, Sanya Malhotra, Ashlesha Thakur, Leher Khan, Girija Oak, Sanjeeda Bhattacharya, Aliyah Kureshi, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanjay Dutt and Deepika Padukone play cameos. The film runs for about 2 hour 50 minutes and was released in 2023. I watched it on Netflix on 3rd Nov 2023. 

North east India. Villagers find Shahrukh floating in river, grievously injured. Villagers cure him. Village is attacked, the man saves them. 30 years later, young Shahrukh is a Jailer. He and six of his female inmates make daredevil attacks, get money from government through negotiator Nayantara and distribute to poor.  Nobody’s knows who they are.

Shahrukh plays Jawan. Nayanatara plays the negotiator. Sanya Malhotra, Ashlesha Thakur, Leher Khan, Girija Oak, Sanjeeda Bhattacharya, Aliyah Kureshi play his inmate accomplices. Vijay Sethupathi plays the villain and Sanjay Dutt and Deepika Padukone play cameos.

Shahrukh acts like Shahrukh, not the jailer or Jawan. Deepika impresses.  Vijay is OK. The female accomplices are good. Sanjay’s acting is ok, character is bad. 

The story is flimsy. It lacks substance. Things just happen. It traverses a very predictable line. No surprises there. Nayanatara is a negotiator but she also participated in action, raids criminals, basically does everything. The idea of committing daredevil Robin Hood type crimes from the protection of jail is a good idea. But the semi crazy character of Vijay, Character of Shahrukh who has lost memory and his friends send the story into a tail spin. Having an Arsenal in jail is simply incredulous. Character of Sanjay is also caricature like.

This movie recovered four times its production cost. It was a super hit. But I didn’t find it worth being a super hit.

Positives: Deepika. 

Negatives: Story. 

Dimag ka dahi. Give it a miss.