The entire conversation this week was about the clash of Titans: Akshay vs Aamir Khan
But while they faltered
Another film blew them out of the water
Kartikeya 2 has been giving an incredible performance at the box office
And is being loved by audiences looking at IMDB and book my show
The film is already a hit and is well on its way to becoming a superhit
That is what I'm here to tell you. This is the review of Kartikeya 2 and why you should check it out
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Kartikeya 2 is a fantasy film That utilizes elements of fantasy and forms a mystery using ancient India as its backdrop and inspiration
It's considered a sequel to a 2012 film named Kartikeya, but the only real connection is the leading man.
The story is of Dr. Karthikeya Kumaraswamy, who believes in science and logic and facts
Character is apparently based on Ben Shapiro
who goes to the ancient epic city of Dwaraka along with his mother.
While visiting the city, he gets caught up in the murder case of an archeological researcher and eventually gets curious with the events happening around Dwaraka
He was chosen to protect an artifact of Lord Krishna. It's like Indiana Jones with Fantasy elements from India
to find out the extent of the story you'll have to watch the film
The film gives Indiana Jones vibes using Indian culture as a backdrop
For decades I have seen huge fantasy and sci-fi franchises, that are based around Europen mythology and culture
and I have felt sad that India with such an ancient and rich tradition has not been able to create films like that
But what we got was Dron
And Rudraksha
I have waited for a such a film made in India for a very long time. It seems the Indian audience has as well, which explains the movie’s amazing performance
First and foremost, I have to give credit to the vision and scope of the film
Despite the budget only being 15 crores, the film is extremely ambitious in how deep and expansive it wants to be
The characters, like LOTR and harry Potter travel across the country to different mysterious and beautiful locations
The film, unlike Bollywood, uses Indian itihasa and Indian Gods and uses them quite maturely, they don’t make fun of it, or try to overly lecture the audience about secularism using Hindu Gods
In fact the film does a good job of showing how we must keep an open mind and we do not know everything, no matter how logical we are
I think Bollywood can learn a few things about how movie does not need to mean lecture
This is why some people didn;t like it and thought it showed too much Sri Krishna
Yes of course, we should have shown Gandhiji and Nehru, the only two Gods of secularjeevis, no one else is allowed
This film isn't perfect. The theme of good films is “show, don’t tell”
Visual storytelling must reveal the story. This film often has quite a bit of exposition to explain the plot
Sometimes the story is easy to guess.
The movie needed some action and adventure sequences to feel fully epic which I feel were not included due to the small budget of the film
Sometimes the VFX can look like its a 15 crore film
There are a couple of social justice scenes in the film, where the film tries to show that it cares about logic and facts over Hindu superstition
but it's not so bad that it will ruin your experience of the film. But be warned
But it also pays respect to Indian Dharma, culture, itihasa and devatas in most of the film and utilizes them into the story quite maturely, so i didn;t have a huge issue with it
But once again, I will say, that based on such a small budget, this film is extremely ambitious, has a great story, some great adventure elements, great locations and world building
and does a good job at utilizing Indian itihasa and culture to create a truly great movie experience that I recommend to you guys
its not perfect but there is plenty to enjoy here and its a film worth supporting
I am also glad that this film is a hit because i would like the sequel to have a big budget so that the director can realize their vision without constraints
Seeing that Ram Setu and Brahmastra are also based around Indian itihasa and culture
is a good sign that Indian film industry is realizing that India provides enough culture and lore to create great Indian fantasy and sci-fi series like LOTR and Harry Potter
Here’s hoping that Ram Setu and Brahmastra will be more like Kartikeya 2 and less like Rudraksha