Raees

One Khan works in films which are bent on letting us know their protagonist is pure as a snowflake. He carries cherubic innocence across the border into Pakistan never resorting to lying even when his neck is on the line. Yet another Khan acts in roles that are perfect. His film will show you a dad who won't even raise his hand on his girls - they become world champions out of voluntary determination, of course. And then you come across this other Khan who seems to be saying, why be pure or perfect when you can be perplexing?

Raees is a perplexing film. Starting with the protago....