PATHAAN: Despite worldwide cries for boycotting PATHAAN, the movie has grossed close to 1000 crores and is the biggest blockbuser of 2023. It is the comeback movie of SRK after 4 long years and also has Salman Khan in a cameo. Thiis movie is the fourth installment of Aditya Chopra’s spy-universe. Touted as an action packed thriller, the action scenes are a copy-paste job from old Hollywood movies and other Hindi action movies such as WAR and DON3. The acting is quite mediocre, the direction is run-of-the-mill, the screenplay is terrible and the plot is threadbare. The VFX is horrible. There is sadly no ‘wow’ moment in the movie. SRK’s twelve-pack abs are fake and are CGI produced.The scantily clad Deepika lacks oomph and chutzpah and looks vulgar. John Abraham is too handsome to be a villain. Dimple Kapadia is laudable. The much hyped appearance of Salman Khan is hackneyed and forced and if I might say, somewhat stupid. Everyone totes a gun, engages in fisticuffs and high kicks and somersaults. The action scenes are pretty predictable. At two and a half hours, the movie tries your patience. If you are a celebrity worshipper and a diehard fan of SRK, watch this vanity vehicle of his for a dose of patriotism and a rush of feel-good hormones.
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