Dilwale
2015 · Directed by Rohit Shetty
Original language: Hindi
- crime
- action
- comedy
The story
Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend upon a deep misunderstanding. After that incident these two lovers lives separate until their siblings fallen in love. With this new love story their paths intertwines again.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated Bulgarian-and-Italian-style location work gives this film a glossy, postcard-colourful surface: sun-washed European piazzas, pastel villas, and high-gloss car chases shot with fast cuts and sweeping crane moves. The palette leans warm gold and fuchsia, with lens flares and slow-motion bursts of colour in the big dance numbers, while the quieter scenes sit in soft, flattering interior light. Sound is loud and melodic, full of bright orchestral Bollywood pop and thumping percussion that swells into set-piece routines. Pacing is brisk and deliberately heightened, moving from broad slapstick and banter into romance and back again, with a light, playful tone that rarely stays dark for long. Violence is stylised and cartoonish: plenty of gunfire, fistfights and car stunts, but no gore, and the emotional beats are sentimental rather than harrowing. Romance is chaste, with lingering glances and gentle physical comedy rather than sexual content. It suits a lively weekend evening, a crowd-pleasing watch with friends, or a comfort rewatch when you want big, warm, sweet-natured spectacle. It is for viewers who enjoy romantic comedy, musical flourish and crime-tinged caper energy without grim realism.
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