If you go into Dilwale expecting a grounded, logical heist drama, you’ve made a terrible mistake. What you’re actually getting is a two-and-a-half-hour tribute to 90s Bollywood sentimentality, cranked up to 11, doused in gasoline, and crashed through a glass window in slow motion.
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Friends, popcorn, and zero expectations. Shouting at the screen is encouraged. Would you like a more serious, plot-focused review instead? If you go into Dilwale expecting a grounded,
Kajol plays Meera, a woman with a mysterious past. Shah Rukh Khan plays Raj, a mechanic with an even more mysterious past. They fall in love (again). It turns out they were once star-crossed lovers from warring gangster families. Cue flashbacks, betrayal, amnesia, a long-lost sister (Kriti Sanon), Varun Dhawan doing his best impression of a hyperactive puppy, and enough CGI explosions to make Michael Bay blush. Shouting at the screen is encouraged
