Pathaan : Review of the film

Pathaan review of the film: Shah Rukh Khan, and Bollywood return with this spy movie that is patriotic and American.

Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone's movie has what you need in the genre of spy thrillers -- continuous action, gorgeous leads, the man who is able to help save humanity, a high-octane action set piece and an emo saga in a single scene.

First of all, Bollywood is back. Shah Rukh Khan is back. Hindi movies have been making the "desi" equivalents to the Bond-Bourne series for a long time. Tiger has been 'zinda' in a pacy double-bill, Agent Vinod has done his bit, BellBottom has flexed and flared, but it is 'Pathaan' which has got the spy movie-laced-with-heavy-doses-of-patriotism bouncing off the screen, with Shah Rukh Khan acing the action avatar, flaunting the floppy-hair-glinting-aviators-eight packs (or is it twelve?) look.

It's because it's finally met the criteria of an action movies -continuous action, complemented by beautiful leads, topped by the one who has the power to make the world better, and a high-octane setting piece, and an emo line all at the same time.

Bonus: the very slim Deepika Padukone, who is matched SRK stride-for-stride providing a fierce challenge against Katrina Kaif, who kicked seriously during Tiger 2. Also, there's also Dimple Kapadia who builds on her blink-and-miss-role from Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" as the charming Moneypenny counterpart. The antagonist of the film is performed by John Abraham, who manages to be the best at his lines.

This plot centers around a host of Spies as well as humorous RAW Chiefs (Ashutosh Rana) and the evil ISI generals, and gun-toting terrorists who reside in global hotspots. Pakistan is looking at Kashmir (it won't ever be able to learn, does it?). A few of the country's own, Jim (John Abraham) is now a rogue. Beautiful ISI agents Rubina (Deepika Padukone) is as comfortable in bikinis as in spandex that is skin tight. A lethal virus, more deadly than Covid 19 is being created in secret laboratories. There's an immediate and clear threat, and the desh-ke dushman is creeping across the land. But rest easy, because India's bravest and most courageous Pathaan (Shah Rukh Khan) is right around the corner.

The difficulty of completing the two-and-a-half-hour film evident in the scenes where you're forced to laugh (yes it happens regardless of whether the film is whizzing through the air at a breakneck pace). To ensure that nothing is left out, we've got Pathaan and Jim confronting each other on the ground (many helicopters were damaged during the production of this film) as they flit across the ice-floes, and under the icy waters as they chase one another down curvy roads.

The slack gets taken care of quickly enough and the entire train is taken over in support of the special starring Pathaan and a keffiyeh-wearing spy whose signature moves brought the audience in a rage. Then there's the song that caused such an uproar months before it hit the theaters. There's nothing hasn't been previously seen (YRF songs that are based on beaches ought to be a distinct Bollywood sub-genre) however, there's no doubt it's Pathaan and Rubina are swaying and glancing their eyes on the beach of a Spanish beach.

'Pathaan' is that sateek jawaab of this beleaguered Pathaan, who manages multiple feats in his come-back after a clutch of medium-bad to terrible films : gives it those ones to the #BoycottBollywood brigade, pulls off the dishy-and-dishevelled look rippling those abs, give us a laugh-out-loud moment ( I won't ruin it for you, but it involves a line from an early SRK character, also in a YRF film, which would have become eminently meme-worthy if memes were a thing those days) and saves Bharat Mata.

Let's do that.

Pathaan movie cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia, Ashutosh Rana

Pathaan movie director: Siddharth Anand

Pathaan movie review: 3 stars

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