Some struck his quintessential open arm pose, while others danced to drumbeats and many poured milk on giant Shah Rukh Khan cutouts — such were the scenes that unfolded outside cinema halls across the country as ”Jawan” got off to an exuberant start on Thursday. The pan-India thriller in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu is directed by South filmmaker Atlee and the first day saw audiences enthusiastically pouring in across places such as Delhi-NCR, Jaipur, Jammu, Mumbai and Kolkata, reminiscent of the jubilation that greeted the release of ”Pathaan” in January.
