“Dilwale” – all round entertainment with magical scenes

Dilwale is a 12 certificate.  I think that’s fair.  The film is a cornucopia of romantic interludes, gangster “mafia” style scenes with a plethora of conflict including gun use, fast and supremely elegant and very eye-catching cars including vintage (not so fast), mesmerising dance scenes of the highest calibre using hordes of beautiful colours and …last but not least –  a script with plenty of comedy for the troupe of actors to indulge the more fun parts of the story and give the audience much needed chuckles.  Flashbacks are much in evidence here and the big star is Sharukh Khan who alternates between playing a doe-eyed well-off doting older brother to a terrifying and violent networked criminal and sadist.  However love seems to conquer all – or does it?  Some of the female roles feature a woman who can’t make up her mind whilst supporting her father, whether she loves or destests Khan’s character which only seems to serve in making the story more riveting and credible.  A main scene for “Dilwale” is in a luxury garage where cars are customised and repaired.  A sub plot focusses on other actors who are there to see the smooth running of the place where lost of misadventures do actually occur – mostly funny ones.