Extremely shallow.
It's basically Rumi and the Abrahamic concept of Light/Noor being the guiding force in the form of Sufiyana Ishq; but it's marketed in the wrapper of Shiva and Isha and what not!
NOT A SINGLE astra explored well, they're used mainly as cheap gimmicks.
MINIMUM research not done on actual astras from Sanatan Bharatiya Darshan.
It's a horrible mishmash of Harry Potter, and Wheel of Time, and X-Men, and Narnia, and Pokémon- with random mumbo-jumbo sold as Ancient Indian Knowledge.
(Vaanar-Astra, Nandi-Astra? Really!?)
The script is tasteless, but the dialogues can actually make you vomit.
Sample this-
And sample this as well-
Jisse woh on hota hai.
Tumhara button kya hai Shiva?
These are supposed to be SERIOUS dialogues amidst stakes like world-destruction.
Shahrukh Khan insults killers with killer lines like - Tu haati hai saale.
Nahin haati boht acchhe hote hai; tu toh bhainsa hai.
Nahin nahin rukk, tu genda hai, genda.
I mean, even "Mera nam hai Ibu Hatela.
Ma meri chudail ki beti.
Baap mera shaitan ka chela.
Khayega kela?" was creative.
It really was.
Trash, but entertaining trash.
But this? This is a thorough-going assault.
The colours have no gradation, no saturation control, no DI-correction, nothing.
They're just flashy, fluoroscent lights overstuffed on the screen, which eventually hurt your eyes.
Alia Bhatt with her shrill voice is irritating to say the least.
Ranbir Kapoor is confused, clueless, often clownish!
Mouni Roy glares and shivers and shouts and glares again.
Amitabh Bacchan tries his best.
Nagarjun and Shahrukh are sincere.
He BGM is good, in parts.
The Rasiya song is decent.
The shots at Varanasi are visually rich, even though they look like tourism-ads.
A car-chase sequence is decent.
These are the only positives that you can find in this film, if you really try hard.
Read Amar Chitra Katha, watch Naruto, re-watch Shaktimaan, you'll have WAY more enrichment, along with entertainment.
Don't watch this. Don't insult your brains.
It's basically Rumi and the Abrahamic concept of Light/Noor being the guiding force in the form of Sufiyana Ishq; but it's marketed in the wrapper of Shiva and Isha and what not!
NOT A SINGLE astra explored well, they're used mainly as cheap gimmicks.
MINIMUM research not done on actual astras from Sanatan Bharatiya Darshan.
It's a horrible mishmash of Harry Potter, and Wheel of Time, and X-Men, and Narnia, and Pokémon- with random mumbo-jumbo sold as Ancient Indian Knowledge.
(Vaanar-Astra, Nandi-Astra? Really!?)
The script is tasteless, but the dialogues can actually make you vomit.
Sample this-
- Light ko kaise dhhnoodhhte hai Shiva?
- Light ko on karna padhta hai.
And sample this as well-
- Har Astra ki ek button hoti hai.
Jisse woh on hota hai.
Tumhara button kya hai Shiva?
- Isha. Isha meri button hai.
These are supposed to be SERIOUS dialogues amidst stakes like world-destruction.
Shahrukh Khan insults killers with killer lines like - Tu haati hai saale.
Nahin haati boht acchhe hote hai; tu toh bhainsa hai.
Nahin nahin rukk, tu genda hai, genda.
I mean, even "Mera nam hai Ibu Hatela.
Ma meri chudail ki beti.
Baap mera shaitan ka chela.
Khayega kela?" was creative.
It really was.
Trash, but entertaining trash.
But this? This is a thorough-going assault.
The colours have no gradation, no saturation control, no DI-correction, nothing.
They're just flashy, fluoroscent lights overstuffed on the screen, which eventually hurt your eyes.
Alia Bhatt with her shrill voice is irritating to say the least.
Ranbir Kapoor is confused, clueless, often clownish!
Mouni Roy glares and shivers and shouts and glares again.
Amitabh Bacchan tries his best.
Nagarjun and Shahrukh are sincere.
He BGM is good, in parts.
The Rasiya song is decent.
The shots at Varanasi are visually rich, even though they look like tourism-ads.
A car-chase sequence is decent.
These are the only positives that you can find in this film, if you really try hard.
Read Amar Chitra Katha, watch Naruto, re-watch Shaktimaan, you'll have WAY more enrichment, along with entertainment.
Don't watch this. Don't insult your brains.