Dilwale
Director: Rohit Shetty
Writers: Yunus Sajawal, Farhad
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Kriti Sanon
Strength: Locales, SRK-Kajol chemistry
Weakness: Story, Direction
Runtime: 158 minutes
Rating: 3/5
Plot: The children of two competing families meet again after a 15-year separation.
Review: Raj, a car modifier from Goa dotes on his younger brother, Veer, who is a happy-go-lucky romantic and lives in fear of his big bro. When Veer crosses paths with a lunatic don, King, whose henchmen are peddling drugs across an open counter in broad daylight, the baddies beat him up. In retaliation, his brother wears a hood and pummels the goons to pulp and leaves a warning, hinting the audience that he has a past.Cut to Bulgaria, 15 years ago and a young Kali is zipping around in mean machines pulling off heists. He oversteps, when he robs gold belonging to his father Randhir's mafia rival Malik. This is followed by a turn of events which leads to Kali knocking down a pretty tourist called Meera. The accident injures her leg and his heart. After some foolhardiness, he discovers that she is no damsel in distress. She's opposition. His big, brown eyes beg for love while hers breathe fire. By sheer coincidence, Kali and Meera move to Goa. Now Veer falls for Meera's younger sister Ishita. For their love to fructify, they must first pacify the DDLJ lovers.
Two decades after the duo conjured up unforgettable magic in DDLJ, and five years after they were last seen on the big screen in My Name is Khan, the Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol pair isn't exactly out of steam by any means, and the two stars together can still generate a fair bit of pop and sizzle when the dice rolls in their favour in a rather uneven game that is an erratic cocktail of romance, action and comedy. Whether it is just nostalgia or a case of pure class asserting itself, Dilwale sails along just fine as long as these two are on the screen. The lead pair is all heart. The film they are trapped in is, unfortunately, utterly soulless. This can only be recommended if you are a die-hard fan of the Shah Rukh-Kajol pair.
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Reviewed By Intisab Shahriyar
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