Raees Review: Miyaanbhai kaafi Daring nikle!

"Raees", directed by Rahul Dholakia, produced by Farhan and SRK himself is a typical masala ride of 2hrs and 40 minutes. A movie about a bootlegger, Raees(SRK) and his aids v/s an honest cop, Majumdar(Nawaz) is a "typical cat and mouse game". The movie opens on a pessimistic note and fails to show any growth until the interval. The "curse of the second half", luckily does not hit this movie, instead, it turns out to be a "boon" for the movie. The second half brings this derailed Raees, back on track. Raees does not allow the suspense open up until the end and also speaks about the dirty politics which are played by the government and yes, in the end, one feels bad for Raees(SRK). It defies logic at places like, Mahira is pregnant for more than a year and her baby bump is not visible even then and all of a sudden she gives birth to a baby boy.

There are 2 features that stand out in the movie, one is our ever reliable Nawaz and the other Rahul Dholakia's direction and storytelling. Nawaz as Majumdar, the cop has done a splendid job and has even managed to gobble SRK's limelight. SRK as Raees is convincing enough and I'm glad to have SRK, the actor BACK. Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub as-Sadiq is applause worthy and the beautiful Mahirah as Aasiya is drool worthy. Aasiya brings the emotional content to the movie even in her small but impactful role. Raees and Aasiya's chemistry does sparkle over the course of the movie.

The technical aspects, the editing, the art direction, the dialogues, the costume and the cinematography are all nice and amazing. They just add lustre to this average movie. As said, Rahul Dholakia's story telling coupled with some explosive dialogues bring up Raees's standard, else the movie is an absolute average movie.
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Raees suffers terribly in the writing department. It seems that the quote- "Too many cooks spoil the broth" has been implied for Raees. 4 writers, mushed up the writing because of which it suffered in the first half, but literally hats off to Nawaz, the cinematographer and Rahul for ensuring that I sit through the movie.

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U have the liberty to choose Kaabil or Raees, whichever u prefer. I'm disappointed but I'm going with 3.25 stars. 2.5 stars to this average movie and another 0.75 to Rahul Dholakia's storytelling and the cinematographer.
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The business of Raees is guaranteed to fall over time, lower than Kaabil. Watch it if u want to, but DO NOT blame me if  u don't like it.

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