What: A few days ago, while responding to a fan on X (formerly Twitter) who appreciated the fact that Nayanthara was portrayed as a single mother in Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan said that her storyline deserved more screen time in the film. I would add the names of all the female characters in the film to that list.
Furthermore: But while screen time is not always proportional to impact, what was disturbing was the fact that these women existed in the film solely for the purpose of helping one or both of Shah Rukh Khan’s characters reach his goal.
We say: This is indeed a pity. Nayanthara plays a successful police officer and a single mother, but it’s Shah Rukh’s character who is given cute moments with her daughter to make him look like a great dad before he has parented the child for even a day. A star of her calibre is reduced to participating in songs and making gun-toting appearances to connect one plot point to the next.
