Banner: Red Chillies Entertainment & Rohit Shetty Productions
Producer: Gauri Khan
Director: Rohit Shetty
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Varun Sharma, Boman Irani, Vinod Khanna, Kabir Bedi, Chetna Pande, Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra, Mukesh Tripathi, Pankaj Tripathi, Nawab Khan & Shawar Ali
Music: Amar Mohile, Amitabh Bhattacharya & Pritam Chakraborty
The car modifier nay the car smasher director Rohit Shetty, after modifying Chennai Express also is now back with a big bang with his latest offering Dilwale. Audiences knows Rohit Shetty’s historic obsession with cars and smashing them to bits & pieces on their way to a junkyard. So much so that this time he has put SRK, in Dilwale, in his own real life role of a car modifier, but thankfully not a car smasher, who also mends everyone’s heart except his own broken heart. And this time the hit machine director Rohit Shetty has once again ganged up with SRK to deliver one more runaway hit.
This time around the scripted formulaic funda of Dilwale showcases Raj aka Kaali (Shah Rukh Khan), a don from Bulgaria, who now leads a changed life of a car modifier in Goa. His world revolves around his brother Veer (Varun Dhawan). Veer falls in love with Ishita (Kriti Sanon), who happens to be Meera’s (Kajol) sister. Raj & Meera’s paths had collided in the past, as lovers who ultimately break up & migrate from Bulgaria and unknowingly land up in Goa, and that becomes an obstacle for Veer & Ishita.
Rohit Shetty has worked up his magic wand this time around too. One again his directorial showpiece Dilwale may not be critics delight but the audiences of single theatres as well as multiplexes are simply going to lap it up. As in Dilwale Rohit has packed, to the brim, all the requisite commercial ingredients in ample doses. So its time to leave your brains behind, a la David Dhawan movies, and just freak out on the enjoyable entertainment recipe dished out by the Dilwale team. Rohit Shetty focuses on the love story yet again with SRK – Kajol & Varun Dhawan – Kriti Sanon, interspersed with comic elements with the combination of Varun Dhawan – Varun Sharma – Boman Irani – Johny Lever – Sanjay Mishra – Mukesh Tripathi – Pankaj Tripathi, and high -octane action drama perpetrated by none other than Vinod Khanna – Kabir Bedi – Nawab Khan -Shawar Ali. And the technical crew comprising of, Yunus Sajawal (Screenplay), Farhad – Sajid (Dialogues), Amar Mohile, Amitabh Bhattacharya & Pritam Chakraborty (Music – special gems being already popular numbers like “Gerua”, “Manma Emotion Jaage Re”, “Janam Janam” & “Tukur Tukur” which appears in the rolling credits in “The End”, Dudley (Cinematographer – The beautiful locales of Bulgaria & even the Goan ones have proved to be the real visual treats for the eyes), are excellently outstanding. One last thing the editing could have been more sharper & crisper.
Performance wise the film clearly belongs to Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol who have teamed up on the celluloid silver screen after a hiatus of half a decade, they were last seen together in My Name Is Khan. Indeed their charming aura is still intact and of course their on screen chemistry is one of the highlights of the movie Dilwale. And of course the devils must get their own share of due credit as both SRK & Kajol have delivered the niche oriented par excellence act as the young as well as the matured lovers whose love story collides in 2 different time zones. Varun Dhawan is outstanding in his overall act of romance, comedy & action. Varun Sharma is 1st rate in his out & out comic role as Varun Dhawan’s friend. He is a welcome addition to the rooster of established comedians. That
apart a standing ovation also goes to the most talented supporting actors in the cast like Sanjay Mishra, Johny Lever, Mukesh Tiwari, Pankaj Tripathi & above all Boman Irani, Vinod Khannna & Kabir Bedi.
Tail Piece: So guys Dilwale is a perfect entertainer for your entire family & friends and especially for Generation X too.