evidence: "This is the first film I’ve seen get this response in five years. It’s the return of Bollywood," said Lokhande. Pathaan is now the only film showing at the Regal Cinema, its 1,100-capacity hall packed to the rafters four times a day well into midnight. [...] His cross-generational appeal was demonstrated by the crowds who flocked to Pathaan in Mumbai, the beating heart of Bollywood: groups of schoolchildren mingled with chattering grey-haired "aunties", young mothers and smartly dressed men and women who had come straight from the office. Vihaana Mahtani, 23, said the film was everything she had hoped for. "It’s great to have him back," she said. "The action scenes were really good and he’s still looking so good. There’s so much about him: his personality, the way he speaks in the films, his aura, everything. There’s no one else like him in Bollywood."