Jawaan’s Box Office Triumph: How Shah Rukh Khan’s Film Divides Opinions Between North and South India

 

Globally crossing 1100+ crores; what a great success for Indian cinema; but why are there so many critical comments for the movie which bagged millions? Comments are mainly from the hometown of the director. Is the movie really worth watching? Or is it all for Shah Rukh Khan?

Tamil-Bollywood collaboration

King Khan is the face of the Indian cinema Industry. His movies from the 90s till now are a treat to watch and cherish. But recently the openings for Shah Rukh Khan Movies have become fewer; in fact, Bollywood movies are hitting rock bottom with their industry searching for movies from the south to remake. But Jawaan became the talk of India; even Hollywood was in conversation with director Atlee after his blockbuster.

All glory to Mr Khan and the entire team, but is the movie really worth the hype?

Sadly, no.
The cast and team of the movie all gave their best. Technically, the movie was a treat to watch, but still south did not like the dish served.
Why? Isn’t half of the crew from the south, including the director himself?
Yes... and that seems to be the key problem.

Copy, Paste, and Action

Atlee, a superb director who worked as an assistant to Director Shankar, copied his ideologies in showcasing the grandness on the screen; and plays perfectly for the audience to experience. But he is not copying just the screen ambiance, and that seems to be the problem, to major film critics.

In his previous films, they accused him of copying scenes from other movies.
His breakthrough; the first film: Raja Rani was an ultimate success, but the rest were mostly fan-pleasing hero-centric movies. Still, they all delivered box office hits.

North Vs South

Jaawan was a new dish served to the audience of the North, but the South knew where the ingredients were from. Some even knew from which restaurant the director delivered it.

The major complaint about the film is that it was a compilation of all the South movies delivered once.
The audience has already seen the scenes somewhere. They struggled to connect with the movie but recognized the scenes from their original source. This lack of connection between the screenplay and the audience lets the critics do their work to perfection.
But in the North; this is something new; a perfect action, commercial, mass genre for their favourite hero.

But whatever the critics; the movie is one of the biggest box office collections of the Indian market.
From the industry’s point of view, it’s all great; but as a fan of good cinema; Jawaan is a compilation of all movies that were served with less care and respect. The director can learn a few tricks from his peers, like Nelson and Lokesh Kanakaraj, to deliver a good movie, which can also be commercially successful.