Shah Rukh Khan is all motion and magnificence

At 57, can Shah Rukh Khan shoulder the burden of powering an motion thriller like Pathaan, upon whose success in all probability rests, not only a refuelling of his profession however the very way forward for Bollywood? In a put up Covid cinematic panorama the place superstars and manufacturing homes are compelled to re-jig the staid outdated formulation to draw followers again into the theatres does Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand (Struggle) make the reduce?

Shah Rukh alongside ‘bhai’ Salman Khan will be counted among the many final of Bollywood’s superstars. So it’s solely becoming that King Khan marks his comeback after a 4-year sabbatical (his final launch was 2018’s Zero) weapons blazing, fists pounding, bronzed 6-pack abs gleaming, leaping off buildings, flying mid-air fuelled by cinematic licence alone – wanting admittedly a bit threadbare together with his stubble and unkempt hair, however nonetheless together with his attraction intact.

So far as Pathaan’s plot is anxious, any storyline that lets its embattled hero pilot a chopper by means of buildings, leap mid-air with no security harness and face off towards a dozen worldwide adversaries, every of whom are variety sufficient to attend their flip to strive their luck towards India’s largest famous person, is in fact not the one factor that’s holding the spy thriller collectively.

Khan performs a former RAW agent, Pathaan, who’s resurrected by his erstwhile boss (performed by a cultured Dimple Kapadia) to battle off Outfit X, led by an especially dapper and efficient Jim ( John Abraham in his profession greatest we’d say) a global terrorist bent on taking revenge on ‘Bharat Maa’. Deepika Padukone performs a barely confused ISI agent, Dr Rubina Mohsin, code named Rubai, who shouldn’t be precisely positive the place her allegiance ought to lie, however does no matter motion is demanded of her with absolute elan and searching like a supermodel, want we add.

The motion flits from India to Afghanistan, Spain, Russia, UAE, and France – a whirlwind journey that would simply give one a heavy dose of jet lag, however not our intrepid spies.

Watching Pathaan could give one a heavy sense of deja vu – there are shades of Mission Unimaginable, James Bond, a heist scene a la Oceans Eleven and nearer to dwelling, the Tiger sequence headlined by Bollywood’s different resident spy Salman Khan.

Ultimately Pathaan is a typial Bollywood action-thriller that wears its patriotism on its sleeve. What elevates it from being one other excessive, spy thriller the place the motion scenes are higher choreographed than the plot line, is the presence of Khan alongside an prolonged cameo by one other famous person.

Their quips about ageing our bodies and tongue-in-cheek references to there being no worthy successor to their motion star avatars showcase that Pathaan shouldn’t be averse to taking pot-shots at itself. Watch in case you are a Khan fan and even an motion junkie. Simply don’t go anticipating any unique story or plot that retains you hooked to the display. In different phrases to rephrase Pathaan’s dialogue to Jim – ask not what Pathaan can do for you, simply ask how nicely you will be entertained by Pathaan’s six-pack abs and attraction!

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