One is pleasantly surprised when you go to a movie with least expectations & with a bias ultimately finding that it isn't Bad but belying expectations is watchable even if it's not a masterpiece .
The director Ayan Mukherjee would definitely be a Harry Potter and Marvel comics fan and decided to showcase that Bollywood can match them clubbed with Hindu Mythology.
The period in making is told to be almost 8 years and is one of the most expensive Indian films made till date with a whopping budget of Rs 410 crore. Considering the time and money put into the project – planned as a trilogy – one finds that possibly it could have been better with a bit more of soul than the Special effects.
The cinematic universe of Brahmastra is built around a secret society of rishis – known as the Brahmansh – who possess the powers to control different astras. The most powerful of these astras is the Brahmastra which was broken into three pieces years ago.
Shiva (Ranbir Kapoor) is a DJ, based in Mumbai, and lives a carefree life. He's an orphan; he lives with orphan kids and dotes on them. He comes across Isha (Alia Bhatt) and falls for her instantly in a Dashera Mela. She, too, gets attracted to him, especially while learning about his way of life. All is going well when suddenly Shiva starts getting flashes. He sees the evil Junoon (Mouni Roy) killing a scientist, Mohan Bhargav (Shah Rukh Khan) and snatching a rare artefact from him. Before dying, Mohan blurts out under pressure that the other part of the artefact is with an artist named Anish Shetty (Nagarjuna Akkineni), who stays in Varanasi. Shiva sees all of this and realises that Junoon is all set to target Anish next. Shiva decides to head to Varanasi to warn Anish of the impending danger. Isha, too, joins him. In Varanasi, Shiva and Isha rescue Anish at the nick of time. Thanks to Anish, they find out that the artefact stolen from Mohan is a part of ‘Brahmastra’. There are two more parts of it and Anish has one part. He hands it over to Shiva and Isha and asks them to go to the ashram of Guru (Amitabh Bachchan).A terrific car Chase follows and what happens next forms the rest of the film.
Does this Astraverse also have a connection with Shiva’s life? What is the backstory? Who is Shiva?
See this in 3D on the large screen , the 3D effects are truly high class.
On the acting front Ranbir Kapoor is the main stay and he as the one with special powers breathes life into his role. Ranbir was superb in the climax of the film. Alia Bhatt gives him ample support throughout the film and their chemistry looks cool.
Amitabh Bachchan has been grossly underutilised but as always holds the second part together and is the crux.
One need not say anything more about his acting prowess.
The film is dominated by Junoon
(Mouni Roy )who is styled in black clothes and a big silver nose stud to emphasise her villainy. She has performed the negative role with elan. ( Thankfully she doesn't have to break into an item number )
The amalgamation of the different Astras and making it into a story looks quite interesting. The core concept by Ayan Mukherjee is good and is set in an interesting backdrop. However he overdoes it to an extent.
As a film, it may be remembered for its technical craft but it’s not going to leave anyone holding their breath for
Part 2 which is DEV and a Part 3 to follow..
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