Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva

The story of Shiva – a young man on the brink of an epic love, with a girl named Isha. But their world is turned upside down when Shiva learns that he has a mysterious connection to the Brahmāstra... and a great power within him that he doesn’t understand just yet - the power of Fire.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Mouni Roy, Dimple Kapadia, Divyendu Sharma, Dhruv Sehgal, Saurav Gurjar, Shah Rukh Khan, Markand Soni, Chaitnya Sharma, Saqib Ayub, Rashi Mal, Rohan Rustomji, Farida Dadi, Nivaan Gupta, Deepika Padukone, Rounallah Gazi, Gurfateh Pirzada, Stanzin Delek, Lehar Khan, Aditi Joshi, Chiranjeevi
  • Director: Ayan Mukerji
 Comments
  • Vetrrich_Chelvan - 12 February 2024
    Brahmastra: What you might love and what you might hate.
    +1: The VFX of the film is absolutely spectacular. Every shot is well-lit thanks to the brilliant cinematography. The lights, man, they are a different level.

    +1: We can give it up for the director. The stunt sequences are all shot well. You realize that it is 'Cinema' and 'Fantasy'. Kudos for sticking up to the genre.

    +2: Music is grand, totally capable of giving you goosebumps. Along with the eye grabbing VFX, the background music is well-mixed. The songs are good too. A marvel to watch on theatres.

    +1: The locations are stunning. It was told that the film was shot in Bulgaria and stuff. You can witness the grandeur in all of that supporting the screenplay.

    -1: A-grade actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Akkineni Nagarjuna and Deepika Padukone have little screen space in this movie it almost feels like a bait and the fact that Deepika is acting as the mother of Ranbir is personally disgusting.

    -1: The characterization in this film sucks. There is no reason behind Mouni Roy's character in pursuing the Brahmastra incessantly and you have Alia Bhatt, annoying the audience to the core. She doesn't have any powers and often puts herself in danger waiting to be saved. God, kill her.

    ± 1: I think the film tried too hard to force the romance between Shiva and Isha that many audience including myself would not have felt it. I mean, of couse, Isha meets Shiva and falls in love with him, within what, 2 days? And spews all the dialogues as if they have known each other for centuries. I am all up for finding 'the one' in fantasy films but the problem is they don't even seem like 'the one'.

    To conclude, Brahmastra is technically superior but struggles to stand because of its weak screenplay. However, it is a visual treat and deserves to be watched at least once, in respect to the effort that's visible on the screens.

    Humming, Vetrrich Chelvan
  • jomy-augustine - 1 June 2023
    Amateur direction and screenplay
    The actors were used poorly making them look like amateurs. Their performances reminded me of many children's tv series of DD1, Zee and Star back in the 90s... Story was good but bad script and disastrous screenplay.... Mixed opinion about SFX because one moment they are good and the next a blunder.... Felt like watching TV series in the theater..... That's how it is edited...... The plot seemed great and we all love to watch fantasy movies, if created keeping in mind what era you live in. Hoping to see a better execution while making part 2. Will definitely watch but will not take risk of watching in theatre.