Jawan fuelled an online campaign that dubbed the movie as one of the strongest critiques of governments that propagated divisive politics. Photo: Imdb The over-Rs600 crore (at the time of writing this article) success story of 'Jawan', the first collaboration of Tamil director Atlee Kumar and Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan released in the first week of September 2023, in itself is a saga of survival. The movie, which enjoyed massive pre-opening hype, faced an implausible negative online campaign with some critics going to the extent of calling the film 'crap' and 'unbearable'. However, the SRK movie, staying true to its name, refused to throw in the towel. 'Jawan' not only went on to shatter box office records but fuelled an online campaign that dubbed the movie as one of the strongest critiques of governments that propagated divisive politics and the authorities who failed to fulfil their obligations. How did the makers turn the tables ...