Pathaan is a mashup of old style Hollywood spy movies. The virus, the vault, rogue agent, Hot female lead etc you name it everything is there. Only thing missing was uniqueness in treatment.
Anyways jokes aside I am not at all convinced by the title of the movie as Pathaan. Shahrukh does nothing that shows he is a Pathaan. Even the backstory is very abrupt and seems convinient which adds no emotional angle at all. The movie tries to get from one plot to another without really building up on anything. Siddharth Anand's prime focus is action he is not bothered why it's done or how it's done. It's clearly visible that the Dubai fight sequence with John is done infront of green screen the backround looked like a poster. The train sequence when it starts the whole background looks like cheap animation even the water in the river is still no flow at all. I can go on and on and on about poor vfx some are at Adipurush level if you look at it. Shahrukh should have insisted on practical effects.
Siddharth can you please answer why every action piece needs to be at impossible level. Even video games are believable. It's not that hard to make an action sequence difficult and believable at the same time. Looking at Pathaan I felt Marvel movies were still believable given the circumstances. I am not even talking about loopholes which were plenty.
Coming to acting and screen presence John Abraham completely steals the show as he is given almost all of the best lines and he delivers them like a pro. He never looked so handsome, most dashing villian ever. Not convinced by his background story yet you can feel his anger. Clearly he is the best part of the movie, his end could have been better not in an animated Hut please. Dimple Kapadia's role is saved by her acting prowess she is a class act, I feel bad that her character is dead she could have added a lot of value to the franchise. I feel Shahrukh and Deepika only added star value. Their characters need a lot of ground work to connect with audience. Please hire some real foreign actors I guess Russians actors are not expensive. Terrible acting by all Russians
Pathaan feels like a movie that wants to show you the destination and forgets that the real magic is the journey. The movie rests on the laurels of huge fandom of its casts. People who have grown up watching Bond movies or mission impossible movies or Bourne trilogy will find it funny. The others have found it entertaining.
This is not a movie Shahrukh should be proud of. It's not unique or new or path breaking. It's just run of the mill average spy movie a huge hit in Indian context. Miles to go till we make a real spy movie. I'm going with 6 out of 10 for Pathaan.
Anyways jokes aside I am not at all convinced by the title of the movie as Pathaan. Shahrukh does nothing that shows he is a Pathaan. Even the backstory is very abrupt and seems convinient which adds no emotional angle at all. The movie tries to get from one plot to another without really building up on anything. Siddharth Anand's prime focus is action he is not bothered why it's done or how it's done. It's clearly visible that the Dubai fight sequence with John is done infront of green screen the backround looked like a poster. The train sequence when it starts the whole background looks like cheap animation even the water in the river is still no flow at all. I can go on and on and on about poor vfx some are at Adipurush level if you look at it. Shahrukh should have insisted on practical effects.
Siddharth can you please answer why every action piece needs to be at impossible level. Even video games are believable. It's not that hard to make an action sequence difficult and believable at the same time. Looking at Pathaan I felt Marvel movies were still believable given the circumstances. I am not even talking about loopholes which were plenty.
Coming to acting and screen presence John Abraham completely steals the show as he is given almost all of the best lines and he delivers them like a pro. He never looked so handsome, most dashing villian ever. Not convinced by his background story yet you can feel his anger. Clearly he is the best part of the movie, his end could have been better not in an animated Hut please. Dimple Kapadia's role is saved by her acting prowess she is a class act, I feel bad that her character is dead she could have added a lot of value to the franchise. I feel Shahrukh and Deepika only added star value. Their characters need a lot of ground work to connect with audience. Please hire some real foreign actors I guess Russians actors are not expensive. Terrible acting by all Russians
Pathaan feels like a movie that wants to show you the destination and forgets that the real magic is the journey. The movie rests on the laurels of huge fandom of its casts. People who have grown up watching Bond movies or mission impossible movies or Bourne trilogy will find it funny. The others have found it entertaining.
This is not a movie Shahrukh should be proud of. It's not unique or new or path breaking. It's just run of the mill average spy movie a huge hit in Indian context. Miles to go till we make a real spy movie. I'm going with 6 out of 10 for Pathaan.