You have to manage expectations when watching 'Raees', directed by Rahul Dholakia. Why? There are gaping flaws in the film, as there are in all Shah Rukh Khan films, even the best of them. The editing and the structure is an absolute mess. It is evident that there was no clear direction taken on how this film is to be edited - they tried to cut it short, but there is too much plot in the film, so it ends up being absolutely tattered and incoherent, with a staccato of short scenes that are sort of flat and don't impact you, in the first half. Don't give up on it, though, because it gets better. A lot better. 'Raees' is a Bachchan-era crime-drama that has all of the tropes you identify from the sub-genre. What it also has, importantly, is the politics of that kind of cinema. Here is a character who is a gangster and charges at right-wing political rallies with alcohol bottles and a flash-mob; here is a character stoically bent on making sure that his busi...
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