An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.
Acting
SRK's dual performance: salt-and-pepper daddy vs. brooding son.
Direction
Atlee's maximalist vision: every frame screams 'I spent money.'
Practical Effects
Metro hijack sequence with actual trains, actual chaos.
Director
Atlee
Shah Rukh Khan
Vikram Rathore / Azad
Nayanthara
Narmada
Vijay Sethupathi
Kalee Gaikwad
Deepika Padukone
Aishwarya Rathore
Sanjay Dutt
Madhavan Naik
Priyamani
Laxmi
Sanya Malhotra
Eeram
Girija Oak
Ishkra
Lehar Khan
Kalki
Sanjeeta Bhattacharya
Helena
Aaliyah Qureishi
Janvi
Sunil Grover
Irani
Ridhi Dogra
Kaveri
Seeza Saroj
Suji
Yogi Babu
Pappu (Tamil)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Deepika Padukone's extended cameo was kept secret until release—her scenes were filmed without press access.
The film directly references real Indian scandals including farmer suicides and demonetization, packaged in mass-entertainment form.
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