Garners 4.5 mn-plus views within two hours of release
The official trailer of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jawan has arrived and it promises to take the fans on a ride filled with action, emotions and powerful dialogues.
The trailer comes just seven days ahead of the Atlee directorial’s release in three languages — Hindi, Tamil and Telugu — possibly the first instance for any mainstream movie.
Jawan trailer, got more than 4.5 million views on YouTube in just two hours of its release on Thursday.
In Hindi, it got 3.1 million, 8.75 lakh in Tamil and another 576,000 in Telugu on the streaming portal.
Jawan has been touted as a pan-Indian release, for, apart from Shah Rukh Khan, it has mainly South Indian cinema’s biggest names, notably Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Yogi Babu and Priyamani. The director, Atlee, is also a southern hitmaker working mainly with the Tamily super star, Thalapthi Vijay, who is reported to be making a cameo appearance in the film.
“Of Justice & A Jawan. Of Women & their Vengeance. Of a Mother & A Son. And of course, a lot of Fun!!! Ready Ahhh!!! #JawanTrailer out now! #Jawan releasing worldwide on 7th September, 2023 in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu,” Shah Rukh posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.
The trailer opens with shots of a wounded person floating on a river before he is rescued by a tribe.
“Ek Raja tha, ek ke baad ek jung harta gaya. Bhookha, pyaasa ghum raha jungle me. Bohat gusse me tha,” Shah Rukh’s character says in the background.
The next moment sees him taking commuters of a metro train hostage, along with his team, which includes Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, Girija Oak, Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, Lehar Khan, and Aaliyah Qureshi.
In one of the most cracky scenes, a voice from a handheld transceiver asks the actor, “What do you want?”, to which he replies, “Chahiye to Alia Bhatt.” And this is just the opening moments of the trailer, which offers a lot more to the fans than the movie’s prevue, unveiled by the team in July.
Throughout the trailer, Shah Rukh can be seen in multiple avatars, including one where he is sporting grey hair and another with a moustache. The variety of looks have inspired fan theories that the actor could be playing a double role in the movie.
Nayanthara plays the cop who is tasked with bringing down Shah Rukh’s vigilante character but in many moments, she is also seen romancing the actor.
Actor Deepika Padukone also makes a special appearance and she is seen wrestling Shah Rukh to the ground in one of the scenes. (Agencies)