Brahmastra Archives

Brahmastra Part One Review: A Chaotic Spectacle That Mostly Lives Up To The Hype

There’s much to appreciate in the simple, sometimes wobbly, but relentlessly large-hearted intentions of this first instalment in Ayan Mukerji’s years-in-the-making saga.

Pradeep Menon July 5, 2016

Pop Culture

Bollywood Romances Don’t Work the Way They Used To

On paper, Brahmastra had every right to think it would revive the larger-than-life romance. The fact that none of the Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt spark translates on screen says a lot about mainstream Hindi cinema’s dated ideas, and the modern viewer’s demand for nuance.

Takshi Mehta March 20, 2016