#jawan thoughts

[justshahrukhkhan]

Trying to give Jawan a second watch...just can't get past what they did to my man's face

Young SRK didn't look like this:

He looked like this:

Maybe I've watched too many of his older films recently, but I'm prepared to die on this hill.

These are not the same:

[anotherfanaccount]

Need to talk about Azad and Vikram. The way they're THE father and son.

Both are cool and have crazy fighting skills. Great hair I gotta say.

But you can clearly see the differences between them. That's good acting but also good character writing I guess.

Like Azad was brought up by women and you can see he's so good with women. Treats them with respect, with love (i.e. not creepy, had to say that because you get that icky feeling sometimes with some people). His girls, the girls in jail are not his property, he is just proud of them. And that's nice to see in these big films.

And on the other hand there's the dad. He's strict and charming and stoic in a sexy way. He has this subtle sense of humour that I adored. Oh he'll be such a cool grandpa (Azad is already a cool dad). And he speaks not much, but his actions boy oh boy, he's a superhero atp.

[theinfinitedivides]

you didn't have to tell me to come twice yk i'm already on my knees as it is

[misha-69innit]

Vikram Rathore? more like Vikram Raw-Whore!!!

[getosugar]

walked out of the theatre rn not even marvel could do this

[pixlerelish]

Ghosts.

[dramarants]

just wanted to tell anyone who gets these references that 5 minutes into watching jawan, when that village is under attack, my mom turned to me and went "this fighting is just like that tantai jin show"

[thixcy]

To remember moments of us intertwined with love and lust. 

Is to relinquish the key to the lock on my heart. 

Is to surrender to the idea that love also comes with pain. 

Is to be open, honest, and vulnerable in communication. 

Is to trust fall into the safety of your arms

Is to stare in your eyes knowing you want me (as much as I want you) without a wavering doubt. 

Is to take the time to know all facets of you, the light and the dark, and continuously learn you as time goes on. 

Is to yearn for your touch but wait for the tension to build between us.

Is to spend so much time together, there’s no excuse but to fall in love. 

To be entwined in moments of us in love and lust. 

—With 💚 Thixcy 

[cupidsbower]

Jawan and the visual object of desire

Rewatched Jawan last night, and it was just as much fun as the first time.

One thing I noticed in particular on the rewatch: the way the "beauty" shots are handled is fascinating. You know the kind of thing -- an extreme close-up of a smouldering eye, an earlobe with an earring, slightly opened lips, the camera lingering on the décolletage.

Do you know who didn't get those close-ups in Jawan?

Any of the women.

Do you know who got those close-ups multiple times?

Both Azad and Vikram.

You might think that isn't remarkable - the male body often is an object of desire in action films, with all the gleaming muscles and whatnot, but it's usually paired with an overt objectification of the women too. In Jawan, they said fuck it, and just decided to make SRK play both.

I know Atlee said that the movie was a love letter to Shah Rukh Khan, but when he said it I thought it was one of those respectful semi-jokes that people spout during PR. It really wasn't though. The camera basically makes love to SRK non-stop.

I can't actually think of another movie that positions the male lead as both the masculine ideal and the object of feminine beauty in the same frame that way. It's really quite something, but it certainly explains some of the response, I think. It's very effective.

[welldonekhushi]

Lieutenant Yuvraj HC's!

Here are some HC's of Yuvraj, following up with his story of what motivated him to join the army! Hope you like it! ♡

Yuvraj "Yuvi" Chaudhary was born in a family whose generation belonged to an army background. The descendents, along with his great-grandfather and grandfather were a part of the Rajputana Rifles.

The area he lived in was just closer to an army cantomnent area, where Yuvi would often see the soldiers passing by to the camp, which he found really amusing.

When Yuvraj was a child, he used to listen to stories about his great-grandfather, who proudly served the nation in his glory days. As it piqued the young boy's interest to know more about their past, he asked if his father too was in the army as well. But, he realised that due to some reasons, his father couldn't allot himself in the field of defence.

Feeling maybe he wasn't fit for this role, his father used to work in his own flour mill, and required Yuvraj's presence to handle his business as well.

Yuvraj felt that discontinuing the legacy of what his ancestors worked on for so hard, would have become an entire waste of their efforts as well, and it didn't suit the young boy at all. So, it made him grow an urge to join the army as well, but what heavily conflicted him is that he cannot stop working at the flour mill with his father, and he also wanted to pursue his education in the field of defense.

His plan was to join the Rajputana Rifles like his great-grandfather, but one day during a busy day with his father at the flour mill, he saw a few sena jawans (soldiers) making their way to the cantonment. In curiosity, he first made sure his father wasn't looking at him around, so he could approach with them.

Yuvraj met the soldiers, and they greeted him with love and care. He asked if he was capable of joining the army, and one of the soldiers chuckled saying "Anyone can join the army, son. You just need three things before you join the army; bravery, pride and patriotism." Those words did move Yuvraj, but wondered where he should go in the army, and one gave him a suggestion. "I feel you can join the Para Special Forces. Your wits clearly describe that you can go in it."

Yuvraj heard that name for the first time, but it did make him excited and determined enough to work hard for that particular regiment. "I'll go with that!"

"But be careful.. it's a very tricky process."

"As long as I keep these three words at heart, sir, not even my failures can push me down!" Yuvraj said in determination, that surprised the soldiers that he was even ready to take the risk. But, without knowing, Yuvraj's father was seeing them all along, and it worried Yuvi that he might scold him for disturbing the soldiers like that..

When they got back home, Yuvraj's father didn't say anything much, but Yuvi was ready to get scolded even if he didn't disturb the soldiers. He knew his father thought the best of him and the boy wouldn't break his feelings by disagreeing with him, but.. it was way different.

Yuvraj's father looked at him for a couple of seconds, and walks closer, hugging his son. Yuvi was surprised by that sudden action from his father, but the words he heard were going to be a huge turning point in his life..

"Go, my son. Make us proud." Yuvraj's father said with tears in his eyes. "Maybe, your great-grandfather knew that you were going to make our family shine bright with pride." Those words moved Yuvraj so much, as he felt so happy that his father agreed with his decision to join the army. The way Yuvraj thanked God and his father so much for letting him have this opportunity, and this.. is where it all changed for the boy.

Growing up, Yuvraj was able to complete his education and finally graduated from the IMA to become a Lieutenant. His parents saw him in that uniform, making them shudder and tear out in happiness. Yuvraj, who had grown a moustache, twisted the corner of it and smirked, chuckling heartily as he achieved something so precious. After that, he shared a hug with his mother and father, saying — "Told you.. I'll make you all proud."

[jarpadswalker]

Just when I thought Shahrukh couldn't get any hot... He decided to up the bar... Damn Papa Jawan killed me...

[justshahrukhkhan]

Thoughts About Jawan

So, I just watched Jawan for the first time, and I have to say I was underwhelmed. I do love a good Indian action movie. I know they aren't supposed to be realistic or even make much sense, but this movie took that to new heights. And I found it so overstuffed with plot and characters my mind was constantly wandering. I judge a movie partly by how many times I check my watch, and this one didn't do so well. I felt like there was an awesome revenge movie in there about Vikram and the arms dealer, without the whole Azad storyline. Vikram's intro was badass, but then it was waiting around for an hour and a half until he shows up again.

The action set-pieces were great. I love the messing with frame rate and crazy fight scenes. Some of those effects even looked practical. However, the de-aging on SRK was so bad it completely took me out of the movie. He looked so creepy I had a hard time watching him. And honestly, I didn't find anything about Azad believable or even particularly interesting. I can see why everyone is all about Vikram - he's hot, awesome, has all the best scenes and is 100% superstar Shahrukh. Didn't get a shirtless scene, but you can't have everything.

Anyway, I'm not going to complain about getting new SRK content - that's always a good thing. I'm looking forward to all the new pics and gifs.

And the Dunki trailer just dropped...

[anotherfanaccount]

I've now fallen to the loop of playing the entire album of Jawan and yes every song in it🥲.

Yes I did think they were not that good but my brain has malfunctioned and everything about this stupid movie seems brilliant to me. The magic will wear off only when I get to rewatch it when it comes on ott.

Maybe I should watch all the movies it has taken inspiration from. There seems to be plenty of that🤭.

Till then please share your thoughts about Vikram Rathore and his badass family.

[theinfinitedivides]

ykw f*ck my device and its ability to go frame by frame bc i was about to make a post about how Kalee looked too happy getting choked out by daddy!SRK/Vikram but i decided to screenshot and keep watching and what should i see. what should i see

threw him halfway across the room for some father-son binding time and here he is chilling. literally in position to spring back up when the camera cuts to him like his ex didn't just nearly f*ck up his spine i can't breathe rn that's how hard i'm laughing

[misha-69innit]

it's about the years of care and love kaveri amma gave to azad, the effort she must've put into keeping Aishwarya's memory alive in his mind as his caring mother who in her own way still lives with him send post

[neengareadynaaready]

Jailer (2023) Spoiler Review

If you like pure mass entertainment and a group of veteran actors kicking ass, you'll love Jailer.

I saw Rajni's Petta a while back and while I enjoyed some parts of it, I was largely frustrated towards the end. I also saw Nelson's (the director) Beast, and while it had a straightforward premise, some parts of it were eyebrow-raising (I still love the hallway shooting scene with Vijay, though, that was just hella cool even if it didn't make sense). So, when they announced a Nelson and Rajinikanth collaboration, I wasn't sure if I should bother watching.

I'm glad I watched it though. For one, the story isn't all over the place. The revenge angle and heist subplot made sense together.

The flashback revealing Rajini's days as a hard-core warden aka Jailer was pretty nice. I liked that his hair style looked like the one in his older movies. However, I really don't understand why the inmates liked him or became loyal to him. It was never showed what he did to make them turn over a new leaf. They just said he helped them, but we mainly saw him being extremely violent.

Okay, this is part where I reveal that I saw Jailer a day after I saw Jawan. I couldn't help comparing the action in both movies because the action in Jailer is so violent! I'm not complaining or cringing. I actually liked the over-the-top violence lmao. It's just that I was like "Oh, right, this is one of things I was waiting for in Jawan -- hyperviolence!" LMAO.

Anyway, I do love that the former inmates that helped him were veteran action stars from Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi cinema: Shiva Rajkumar, Mohanlal and Jackie Shroff respectively. Bruh, I had goosebumps when Shiva R stepped into the house to protect Muthu's family while the Hukum song played!

Next, let's talk about the songs and bgm. "Hukum" really is such a banger of a song. And the style that they do, where they insert bits of the song's melody into cool scenes that build up and lead to the FULL SONG or at least CHORUS is such a great style because it makes you so hyped for the next badass scene!

Now, the family -- I honestly thought Rajni and Ramya Krishnan would have more romantic moments together since this is their reunion. Like, yes, they're grandparents now, but so what? It's always nice to see older people still doing romantic stuff with each other y'know.

Anyway, that twist with his son! I didn't expect them to go all the way with the betrayal but wow. It was really sad, but I liked that they went for that gut-wrenching story, too. Rajini is not much of a dramatic actor, but his performance was good for what the script called for. Also, his partnership with Yogi Babu was funny and nice. Also, those bald sharp-shooter guys! Their costume changes! That was so hilarious! And Varman's henchmen! The random funny characters and elements are really such a fun part of the mass experience.

All in all, Jailer is a really enjoyable movie for the whole family (if your kids are old enough to not be so desensitized to violence I guess).