As an Atlee scholar, I had pretty much predicted whatever happened in Jawan from its prevue itself. And yet, Shankar's protégé somehow managed to surpass my expectations and present my favourite actor Shah Rukh Khan in such a mass, iconic way that I was invested in everything that was happening, as incredulous as it all was.

You can actually tell Atlee has spent a large part of his life studying Shah Rukh, because nothing else explains how every scene with…

Oh, the Ranveer girlie in me WON! He returns to his roots, literally, with this one— there is a straight line from Band Baaja Baaraat's Bittoo Sharma to Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani's Rocky Randhawa, and it is amazing to see how Ranveer Singh, who did not grow up a West Delhi boy, played two of the best iterations of the West Delhi boy ever in Hindi cinema.

First of all, the accent! THAT IS THE ACCENT I HAVE…