Was reading Tanul Thakur's review of Brahmastra and found some parts of the review very nicely explaining the current problem with Bollywood films and what's wrong with the producers.
Excerpts from the review:
The Hindu mythology angle looks so contrived - so forced - as if it were never part of the original conception, as if it were sculpted out of box office desperation, like Bhatt singing a Telugu song at a recent promotional event. Just take a look at its cynical casting: Nagarjuna Akkineni (for the "South Indian" audience), Mouni Roy (TV audience), Bachchan (all audiences). Still not satisfied? Shahrukh Khan (for all audiences +1) in a superfluous subplot.The makers aren't trying to tell a story as much as feeding cash in an ATM machine, thinking it'd vomit more cash. This is the current state of Bollywood - and has remained so for a very lo time. It's devolved into an industry where you're not just an audience but an audience and a stripper.
It doesn't even have one solid action set-piece - something that originates from this movie.And the performances are, at best, passable. Roy is easily the best among them. Someone should shake the Bollywood folks and tell them that, Baahubali is done."There's no point catching a train that's already left the platform - like there's no point studying hard for an exam that you've already failed.
You can read the full article here:
https://m.thewire.in/article/film/brahmastra-review-alia-bhatt-ranbir-kapoor
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