Sorry to all the haters but I like this movie and I've watched it a quite a few times and I will be buying it soon , that way I can watch anytime . I highly recommend this movie if you enjoy a just plain entertaining movie.
... View MoreDiwale is very much a tale of two wildly different films which have been edited together into one, with the hope that no-one notices. Half of the film is a good gangster love story sets across eras, the other half is an atrocious comedy caper. The Quality Part: The West-Side Story-esque plot between Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol's characters is actually very good, and there are solid flashback scenes which are convincing in terms of looks and subtle differences in characterisation. The modern day scenes with these (more jaded) characters also works well, even if it is all resolved a little too easily at the end. Goa looks gorgeous, and the stylised nature of the way the movie is shot actually sets off the movie well (Although some sound-effects during the fighting scenes are distracting). It's a unapologetic brash modern car-chase shooting-fighting movie and if the film had simply been this story line, it would have been great. Side note: It has to be said, Shah Rukh Khan is so ridiculously on a different level to all the other actors in the film, it was like watching Robert De Niro circa Raging Bull era being forced to act in an Adam Sandler movie. He, and to some extent Kajol, who is less consistent, deserve much much better than this. They are the only people in the cast who appeared to turn up, work hard and actually act, so kudos to them. The Terrible Part: But what brings the whole film down is the supporting cast and side-plots which have little purpose other than demonstrating terrible 'comedy' and limited performance skills, sometimes so bad it actually ruins the film. The younger love story is boring and superficial, but only raises a little when it intertwines with the love story of their older siblings. The other characters linked to the sub-plot (plot may be too strong a word) of the drug cartel/black marketeers are terrible, and serve little purpose at all. You could have easily deleted an hour off this movie by editing out these characters, and it would have been much better. Best scene: Towards the start of the film in the hospital, Shah Rukh Khan's change from one 'aspect' of his character to another without moving a muscle, his transformation as seen only in his eyes is brilliant. Worst Scene(s): A toss-up between the Ramlal/Pogo stupidity, or any scene with the car-part black marketeers.
... View MoreThe movie begins in Goa, where Raj leaves his auto repair shop to confront Mani for stealing a man's cell phone. Mani tells Raj that he is stealing it for his younger brother, whom he must care for after both of their parents died. While out driving, Veer sees a woman, Ishita, hitchhiking but his friend refuses to pick her up. However, after he stops the car to urinate and leave his friend and went back to ishita, and he agrees to take her where she needs to go, damaging the car in his rush to get there. For penance, Raj forces Veer to work in the shop day and night. Veer's friend Siddhu provides him with coffee so he can stay awake to fix the car. However, he falls asleep anyway and awakes to find that the car's sound system has been stolen. Siddhu takes it to a pawn shop to sell it, having stolen the sound system while Veer was asleep.The men of the local gang leader, King, try to sell drugs at a crab shack. Veer beats them up after they threaten Ishita. They then come back later to exact revenge on Veer, but Raj breaks up the fight. Raj's men find him at the hospital where Veer is staying and tell him they know where to find King's men. Raj goes to King's hideout, incapacitates the gang members, and burns their drug stash. Raj tells King's men his gangster name, Kaali. King stops by Raj's shop the next day to present a deal where Raj will fix all of King's cars in exchange for protection.The film then flashes back to Bulgaria. Raj is in a car chase with a rival gang, trying to make off with a container of gold, when he accidentally runs over a woman, Meera. When he gets out to help her, the rival gang catches up with him, and he has to leave. Later, Raj runs into Meera again, who works as a sketch artist. He reveals to her that he is a gangster, and that he is the son of Randhir Bakshi, the leader of the gang. Veer attends a boarding school where Raj only comes to visit once a month. Randhir and Raj talk about how Raj was adopted. Raj meets with Meera again, and she asks him to take care of some guys who are troubling her. She also asks him to celebrate her birthday with her the next day. He promises to take care of a job early and then meet her in the evening. The next day, Raj is engaged in a car chase. His car gets blown up and rolls over, trapping him inside. He is confronted by Meera, who he finds out is the daughter of the rival gang's leader, Malik. She reveals that their entire relationship so far was designed so that Malik's gang could have a chance to kill him. She holds a gun to his head, but she chooses to spare his life this time. Later, Raj gets a new car and engages in a car chase with Meera, eventually pushing her car to the edge of a cliff. He saves Meera from falling off the cliff, then tells her that the next time he sees her, he will kill her. Despite this warning, she later comes to his home and tells him that she loves him. At first he refuses to listen to her, but then he admits that he loves her, too. They make plans to tell their parents about their relationship.
... View MoreI have way too many flaws with Rohit Shetty's films. First, he makes a movies with purely just stunts, some of which don't really make sense as to why it relates to his movies. Second, the characters he made them do act like retards, like put some depth in the characters and their emotions man. And the third, NO PLOT whatsoever. All stunts, music, retards-like characters, and really no good movies. They all succeed in the box-office because of the hype when really it's just like every other Rohit Shetty film. Pure Nonsense. Just like Golmaal, Bol Bachchan, Singham and even Chennai Express, Dilwale unfortunately happens to be similar. Now with Dilwale. The story is about Raj (Khan) who was a mafia gang leader who turned straight and became a mechanic after his confrontation with Meera (Kajol) his former beloved when she shot him in the chest. Now Raj takes care of his younger brother Veer (Varun Dhawan) and Meera takes care of her younger sister Ishita (Kirti Sanon). However, a lot of comical situations and tragic happened when Veer and Ishita fall in love together and they try to get their siblings back together as well.Is all this new? Hell no. Because the plot was recycled from Hum (1991) and rival families going at it and children falling in love together just really made this boring. It's all too familiar. Why does Shetty even bother to make films if all he does is recycle plots and puts an all-star cast to hype it up, when really it makes no sense whatsoever. One thing for sure though, at least he makes better films than Sajid Khan. I really don't know what to say about the actors/actresses. They ALL acted like retards and have an IQ of 0. But then again, I blame Shetty for that. He clearly does not know what to put in for the characters. He only puts them in for more and more hype. The saving grace happens to be SRK and Kajol. Although overacting was flawed (Again i blame Shetty, the creative dummy) it was nice to see SRK- Kajol on-screen together and hopefully they get to be in more movies together, just not with Shetty please. The music was okay. The only song that stood out was "Gerua" the rest of the songs were okay. Overall, if Rohit Shetty makes films again, can it actually have a story and can it actually make sense other than picking it out from the garbage? it was nice to see SRK-Kajol but not in a Shetty film again.
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