🎬 Watched Jawan again at home and noticed things I missed in the theatre

I watched Jawan in the theatre on release week. Packed hall, whistles on every entry, the full circus. Last Sunday I put it on again at home, alone, with a plate of leftover biryani. The house was empty that afternoon, so nobody asked me to pause for snacks. Different film. I'm not saying better, just different. I could finally hear the dialogue. Nayanthara has way more to do than I remembered. In the theatre I think I missed half her scenes. Between the whistles and people getting up for popcorn, the quiet parts just disappeared for me. Shah Rukh in the older role still works. That part I liked even more the second time. The younger one is fun, but the older one is the reason I'd rewatch it. The flashback part drags though. In the theatre I didn't notice because everyone was still buzzing. At home on a couch it felt long, especially the prison stretch, and I checked my phone twice. My speaker is nothing like a theatre system, but you can still tell the music is carrying scenes. Anirudh's score does a lot of work. Take it away and some scenes would just sit there. Some of the messaging felt a bit on the nose to me, but I liked how it's shot. My brother says I'm an easy audience for Shah Rukh and he's probably right about that. Anyway I'm going to rewatch a couple of his older films this week. Has anyone else watched it twice? Did the flashbacks drag for you too?

Agreed on the flashback pacing dragging a bit on rewatch, noticed it most during the extended prison sequence, moves considerably slower without the theatre adrenaline covering for it the first time around. Still holds up noticeably better than most mass entertainers on a second watch though, which says something about the underlying craft holding this one together across both viewings.

Same with Nayanthara for me. In the theatre I mostly remember the crowd, not her scenes. I saw it on opening weekend and half the hall was standing for every entry.