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While the movie took its own sweet time to take off, the duo met, fell in love, got married and are now months away from welcoming their first child.īrahmastra's multiple cinematographers (Sudeep Chatterjee, Pankaj Kumar, Patrick Duroux, V Manikandan, Vikash Nowlakha) capture the various stages of their love and light in all its photogenic glory. Much of its onscreen magic comes from real-life couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s beaming chemistry. Both its heroes and villains exist in a board game-like landscape that's just a dice's throw away.īrahmastra scores low on cunning and wit. Such a simplistic approach is disappointing even for a comic book template.Įven the private school looks more like a fancy mountain resort and not at all clandestine. Unless it's about Shiva or a villain whose identity forms the core of Part 2, what you get is what you see. Unsettling visions and immunity to fire raise many questions in his mind, answers to which lie high up in the Himalayas (Bulgaria passed off as Himachal Pradesh) where an aged Guru (Bachchan) runs a secret, senior citizen-dominated cult and school for those with special gifts.Īs Shiva learns the roots of his powers and parentage (laying the groundwork for what has the makings of a promising sequel), he resolves to train and hone his skills alongside five other endowed youngsters that includes a cute munchkin called Tenzing.īut in the absence of context, they cannot leave any real impact. Meanwhile a scientist's perilous fate, evoking an epic Swades crossover, and the threat to an artist's (Nagarjuna Akkineni) life at the hands of the creepy Junoon (a super scary Mouni Roy), a hornless-Maleficent-types hotly pursuing every single weapon bearer in the Astraverse on the orders of her mysterious master plays out telepathically before Shiva's eyes. Oblivious of his role in these grand, dangerous schemes, a vibrant deejay and Mr India brand of orphan is revelling in the festive season, dancing the life out of his limbs in what appears to be Balam Pichkari's Dussehra version. When the going is good though, Brahmastra is quite a breeze cashing in on its fantasy card to the hilt.įrom ancient times to ' naya India,' a mighty weapon capable of mass destruction and devastation, if used erroneously, finds itself zealously guarded from dark forces by worshippers of light.

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