Brahmastra Movie Review

Much anticipated Bollywood movie Brahmastra, Part One: Shiva has hit the screens today and let’s analyze it.

Movie	Brahmastra
Star Cast	Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna Akkineni
Director	Ayan Mukerji
Music	Simon Franglen, Pritam
Release	9 September 2022

Story:

The entire story revolves around 3 pieces of Bhramastra taken care by Brahmansh group, one piece is protected by Anish( Nagarjuna), the second will be with scientist Mohan Bhargav (Shah Rukh Khan). To gain ultimate power by bringing all the 3 pieces together, the antagonist’s gang led by Mouni Roy’s character keeps on trying despite many failures. Whereabouts of the 3rd piece, how DJ Shiva (Ranbir) and his love story with actress Isha( Alia Bhatt) is interconnected to the story forms the key point of the plot.

Performances:

Couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt shine as the lead pair and the chemistry between them brings authentic texture to the love story. While the actor is good with his performance, actress is also seen in a character which has scope to perform. Stalwarts such as Nagarjuna, Amitabh Bachchan, and Shah Rukh Khan are good in their given supporting roles.

Their screen presence is an added advantage for the movie. Mouni Roy as evil actress and her gang members are good with their performances.

Off-screen Talents:

Majority of the VFX work is done in a perfect way and for our Indian standards, graphics work is commendable.

The music department is good, all the songs in the movie are nice. On the other hand, the BGM fails to click many times, due to which some crucial episodes are not elevated.

The cinematography work is good. Editing done by Prakash Kurup could have been better. We can see the director Ayan Mukherjee’s ignored the writing part and completely concentrated on the VFX part.

Positive Points:

Ranbir and Alia

VFX in parts

Songs

Negative Points:

Writing

Screenplay

Editing

BGM

Overall Verdict:

Brahmastra is a visually grand movie that has fine performance from the lead pair. But on the other side, lack of engaging presentation, poor writing, and screenplay disappoints the fans and audience. First half of the movie focuses mainly on the love story and makes it a good watch. But the 2nd half is a heavy/prolonged climax makes it even more worse.