Brahmastra, the first of the trilogy is very high on VFX effects and undoubtedly one of the best in Hindi till date on this account. Though lot of time, efforts and money has been spent on VFX to make it a visual splendor there is not much of imagination in that too, they are more and more like fire balls, too many and too repetitive and at the end of the show gets on to your nerves and discomfort to eyes.
Unlike Hollywood movies, Indian movies need lot of ingredients apart from VFX viz., good story line, emotions, and bit of comedy and loads of action scenes to keep audience engaged and glued. That is the reason why movies like Krish series and Bahubali series have clicked. Brahmastra has a wafer thin story line that too incoherent. Action and special effects start within 10 minutes into the movie and go on and on till climax. The dreams which the hero has and flash backs confuse more than revealing any story
Any fantasy movie has to have a `macho hero’ to make us believe convincingly that he has the so called super powers. Ranbir Kapoor has been a failure on that account though he acted well. He has a chocolate boy image and the movie does not have a proper romantic track though it features the reel and real life romantic pair Ranbir and Alia. For most part of the movie he remains confused and tries to find what is happening and what powers he has and why? Alia looks cute but sounded stupid trying to create some humour moments.
Sharukh is fine in his cameo but both Amitabh and Nagarguna are looking much older to their age and hardly have anything to contribute. Now a days these stars are paid a bomb to use them in promoting the movie specially the dubbed versions in south Indian languages. Mouni Roy is biggest let down as a villain, she does not have anything to do except keep on chasing the hero along with her henchmen and unleash special effects. Such a mega budget movie should have a villain with an authored back role and powerful dialogues and scenes something like Amjad Khan in Sholay, Kulbushan in Shaan, even Vivek Oberioi in Krish3.
Music has been disaster and back ground score has been very loud. Not even a single song is hummable. These days in Hindi movie music has been biggest causality
Ayan had everything at his disposal - a huge budget, huge technical team and star cast. The only thing he needed was an interesting story, tight screen play and engaging story telling in which he failed somehow. Though I do not say that it is a total wash out but surely not a `Brahmastra’ but an ordinary Astra which may back fire. Surely it is not going to put box office on fire and if it recovers its investment Karan and Team may count themselves to be lucky. I have my doubt if other parts see the light of day.
If you enjoy watching a movie with over the top VFX effect you may go. But chose a multiplex, and preferably IMAX version if available in your city.
S. Prabhakar
9.9.2022
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