Dilwale

Rating: 1/5

Die-hard brothers, unconditional love, flashback, misunderstanding, guns and cars, and a well guarded secret known to many- not to forget the songs, fights and silly comedy in between every scene....Dilwale makes Chennai Express and Happy New Year a better watch.

                                   

Set in Goa, Shahrukh Khan plays Raj (of course), owner of a car repair and styling garage. He loves his brother, Veer (Varun), and would do anything for him. Varun gets smitten by Ishita (Keerti Sanon) when she asks for lift, when she more or less shares her problems with him on their first meeting. A dream song, a badgering fight, few cliched dialogues and they are in love. 

All of a sudden, we are given a flashback in Bulgaria, 15 years ago. Raj is the son of the don (Vinod Khanna) under the name of Kaali (Yeah you heard it right!) and meets Meera (Kajol) during a chase where he bumps his car into her. Hey and Hello easily turns into a date and Raj is in love. It takes Meera sometime (there is a twist apparently there) to realise her love and once she is understands...we have Gerua flying. Raj's father (who isn't his own father, of course) and Meera's father are rivals (of course). At a meeting organised to confirm their children's relationship, Meera's father double crosses and attacks Raj and his father. Guns fire everywhere...people gets shot. Meera misunderstands Raj to have killed her father. TADA...break up. 

15 years later, when Veer and Ishita decides to get married, Raj meets Meera again. Yes, you guessed it right. Ishita is Meera's sister (of course). Without knowing the real past, Veer and Ishita plans to bring Raj and Meera together again. Will Meera know the actual truth behind her father's death? Will Raj accept her again? Loads of stupid plans to patch up follows making up the second half of the over tiring movie. 

In between this battered story, we have a torturous Johnny Lever with his comedy, Sanjay Mishra with his irritating rhyming poetry and Boman Irani as King, a caricature don whose presence have no significance whatsoever. A complete waste of talent, not to forget Kabir Bedi who plays Meera's father. 

Dilwale offers nothing new. The comedy isn't timed well and whatsapp jokes are better than them. The scenes are directed like spoofs. I for once definitely thought the entire movie was a spoof as I laughed at all the serious portions and had a straight face for the comic ones. 

The car chase sequences were nicely done. Janam Janam song rings till the end.  

The actors did their parts fine but the entire problem lies with the script and characterization. Kaali, at one point, threatens Meera not to show her face again else he would kill her...In a moments time, Meera is in his house confessing her love...and in moments it's Gerua. Later, Meera rejects the relationship between Ishita and Veer, but seeing her sister unhappy she accepts it but places a condition (of course!) that Veer should stay with them instead of his brother (of course!) and when Veer emotionally tells he can't do that as he loves his brother a lot, Meera discloses the secret that Raj isn't his real brother (of course!). Anyway, all this is nothing compared to the climax. And yes...the movie ends with "Bade bade shehron mein" dialogue. 

Kajol looks stunning in every frame, something to watch the movie for. 

There is not a single high point to actually appreciate or even remember for good reasons. Dilwale is predictable, boring and laughable. It tries to force sentimental emotions to the characters but fails badly at every step. 

Not worth investing your money or your time.