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By Venkat Arikatla On September 09 , 2022 | UPDATED 19:56 IST Rashmika Sharwanand Maha Samudram

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Andhra Pradesh Telangana Pooja Hegde

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Allu Arjun's Insensitive

Behavior With Krishnam
Raju

Pics: Krishna gets teary

eyed as he pays respect

'Brahmastra': The
Aftermath

Krishnam Raju Lived 83

With These Habits

Movie: Brahmastra Pics: Lady Has Many Balls

Rating: 2.5/5 To Show

Banner: Dharma Productions

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Nagarjuna, Mouni Roy, and others Buzz: Young Hero Suffering
Music: Pritam From Depression
DOP: V Manikandan
Editor: Prakash Kurup
Veteran Tollywood actor
Producers: Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor, Apoorva Mehta
Krishnam Raju dies at 83
Written and directed by: Ayan Mukerji
Release Date: Sep 09, 2022
Pics: Never Ageing Beauty
Promoted as the event lm of the year, Brahmastra, is out in the theaters in ve languages. In Bikini
The Telugu version is presented by India’s top director SS Rajamouli. The team has done
extensive promotions in the Telugu states.

Let’s nd out whether the lm lives up to the hype or not. 

Story:
Shiva (Ranbir Kapoor) is a young DJ in Mumbai. He is born with special powers – the re
cannot burn him. He possesses Agni Astra in him. He meets a beautiful girl Isha (Alia Bhatt)
and falls for her charm. But Shiva gets dreams and in his dreams, he sees persons that
include a scientist (Shah Rukh Khan), an artist Anish (Nagarjuna), and a guru (Amitabh
Bachchan).

Shiva and Isha go to Varanasi to inform Anish that Junoon (Mouni Roy) and her gang are
going to kill him and then head to the Himalayas where Guru resides in an ashram.  

Why Junoon is after Brahmastra which is scattered in three pieces at different places and
what is the secret behind Shiva’s birth and his special powers?

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Artistes' Performances:
Ranbir Kapoor as Shiva has done a splendid job. His character gains strength and
prominence as the story progresses. He is terri c in the penultimate sequences. His
chemistry with his real-life wife Alia Bhatt is okay. But their love story in the lm is poorly
written and shabby. Alia Bhatt doesn’t have much to do in the lm.

Shah Rukh Khan plays a guest role but it is a very important one. Nagarjuna and Amitabh ADVERTISEMENT

Bachchan add value to the story. Mouni Roy as the lady villain is perfect. 

Technical Excellence:
The lm is made on a lavish scale and is in the making for nearly ve years. Heavily loaded
with VFX, every sequence is glitzy. The cinematography, the VFX work, and the production
design are top-class.

Music by Pritham is okay. Dialogues are bad. The lm needs a lot of trimming (editing). 

Highlights:
Lavish visuals and scale of the story
Ranbir Kapoor
A couple of episodes

Drawback:
The excess runtime
The love track
Emotional core

Analysis
“Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva” is the rst part of the trilogy director Ayan Mukerji has made
a story based on Hindu mythologies.

Starring Ranbir Kapoor as the titular character Shiva, the rst part focuses on the main base
of the story: the genesis of brahmastra, the brahmansh sect, and Shiva’s special powers. 

By introducing Shah Rukh Khan at the very beginning of the lm, the drama sets the tone
right. The Vanara Astra ght sequence involving SRK is astounding. Director Ayan
successfully creates his universe for the story and dwells on it rightly. 

It begins well, but it skids later. The love thread between Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is
poorly imagined and clumsily shot.

After a point, you get exhausted with the never-ending proceedings. Thankfully, the lm
comes back on track after the interval. It goes smoothly for 45 minutes. But again, it goes
downhill. 

This inconsistency in the narrative works against the lm. Visual effects and the action
stuns are similar to that of Marvel superhero movies. In fact, this lm is India’s answer to
MCU. But our desi version turns out to be a poor copy than a gripping tale of superhero
stories.

Excessive dependency on visual effects and action made the director lose grip on the story
he wanted to tell. Some portions are unclear. There is also a character named Dev but this
character’s story is withheld for the second part. 

The nearly three-hour movie completely drains you out by the time we reach the penultimate
portions. The lm’s nal climax ght lasts nearly 20 minutes.

SRK’s Vanarastra sequence and Ranabir learning about various astras through a song are
among the lm’s best portions. Had the makers trimmed the story and added two more
such gripping episodes, the result would have been better.

Overall, “Brahmastra Part One” is neither an exceptional extravaganza nor an outright

disappointment. It swings in between. It is ambitious but doesn’t get it entirely right and
turns out to be an average fare.

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Bottom Line: Desi Avengers

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