If you go in expecting an Indian mass entertainer, you won’t be disappointed. 

From gratuitous violence to graphic suicide scenes to sexual harassment, this movie uses everything that demands sensitive treatment, for entertainment value. From ageism to jingoism, this movie romanticises everything that can no longer be deemed black-and-white in present day. 

As a fantasy fiction above all else, Jawan teaches its audience several life hacks: how to blow up a car with a cigarette, how to look and move…

A feature-length film that was clearly meant to be a miniseries at the very least. 

Over the course of his rather illustrious career as a filmmaker, Vishal Bhardwaj’s fondness for Shakespearean literature has never not worked in his favour (I like to think the matru-bijlee-mandola disaster doesn’t exist), but in this case, it’s the Shakespearean undertones that becomes the driving factor behind Khufiya’s undoing as a gripping spy thriller. The audience is ultimately left with a film that’s just as…