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Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dilwale review: The much anticipated movie has hit the theatres and its highlight is understandably, nostalgia – lots of it. Now, this is a powerful emotion and it can boost even mediocre cinematic products to enviable heights and here we are talking about a superstar. It harks back a lot to SRK-Kajol superhit of yesteryears 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' as well as other movies that this pairing acted in and powered to cult status. Therefore, it is, understandable why Dilwale has been such a keenly anticipated Bollywood release. But does the movie meet expectations? Dilwale review brief tells all in 5 points: (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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1. Dilwale review: Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, back together on the big screen for the first time since 2010’s My Name is Khan, are in their element all the way through this movie. But, sadly, Director Rohit Shetty’s 'Dilwale' is such a run-of-the-mill film that even the Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol combo cannot lift it out of the morass even though both actors have done their best to pull it out of the doldrums. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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2. Dilwale review: It has two distinct strands both in terms of its starcast and with respect to its storyline. Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon as the younger romantic pair simply cannot keep pace with the tried-and-tested star duo. It is no wonder, therefore, that the second part of the film, which unfolds 15 years after the first encounter between the characters played by Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, pales completely in comparison with the first. (PTI photo)
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3. Dilwale review: The film, as a result, is both lopsided and uneven. When it reveals the back story of the affable Raj (Shah Rukh Khan), a car modifier who now lives in Goa and dotes on his kid brother Veer (Varun Dhawan). But when he falls in love, it becomes a case of history repeating itself. He and his girlfriend run into resistance from quarters they have no control over exactly as his brother had done a decade and a half ago. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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4. Dilwale review: This story of warring guardians and heartbreaks is less about affection than about hate and abhorrence, two emotions that come in the way of love. The director, in his signature style, throws in a few big action sequences in which cars are blown up and bodies are riddled with bullets and also falls back on some comic scenes for relief. The humour in the film is coarse, but with actors like Boman Irani (as the drug-dealing mafia don King), Varun Sharma (as the younger hero’s best friend) and Sanjay Mishra (as a funky seller of stolen cars and auto parts), a few of the gags do work. (Image: Bollywood Hungama)
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5. Dilwale review: But the love story is too contrived and convoluted to be effective. If one still keeps watching right until the end, it is solely because of Kajol, playing a tough woman caught between her duty to her gangster dad and her feelings for the son of the head of the rival criminal syndicate. Dilwale is strictly for Shah Rukh Khan fans and for those that miss the brilliance of Kajol. (PTI photo)
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