today, I will review the film Prithviraj, explain the story, what I liked/disliked and why the film may be underperforming at the box office
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No, but seriously, I have been waiting to see this film for a while because it's based on an Indian legend, as well as directed by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, who directed the excellent Chanakya series
nd I have said That I wanted to highlight films that show our historical heroes
Another reason why I wanted to see this film is because of the extreme hate peddled against the film by Leftists, many of whom started hating it before even watching the film
Like Congressi who have developed Rahul Gandhi syndrome, talking about Samrat Prithviraj but showing Maharana Pratap
People calling this film fiction
they call this fictional, But watch fictional Ertugul, like its their own father’s story
Get abused by the actress from Ertugul but they still don’t learn, shameless people
So I decided let's go give Prithviraj some money
But it apparently didn’t help
day by day results are not great and the film is underperforming
YRF be like
So let's talk about the film and what I liked and didn’t like, and maybe why the film didn’t do as well.
I think the film was presented by Chandraprakash Dwivedi as a cautionary tale. I am happy the film was presented this way
Samrat Prithviraj was a great king, but he made a mistake by having a big heart
he thought that everyone has the same big heart and will follow the same rules as him
He made a mistake by letting Ghori leave after losing, even after his advisors asked him to kill Ghori
and then Ghori defeated Prithviraj through devious means
Imagine if the USA had caught Osama and said: don’t do it again, go now
Hindus still haven’t learned: give them article 370, give them personal law, give them Pakistan and Bangladesh
sometimes we need a pragmatic approach. Either make the enemy play by your rules, i.e., remove article 370 and bring in UCC
Or play by their rules. They do terror attacks, you do Surgical strikes in their house. A good lesson that we must learn from the mistakes of Samrat Prithviraj
The reason I liked this film is that the film shows the problem that Hindus have faced forever: Disunity
In the film Jaichand’s greed creates a division between Hindus, which allows Ghori to defeat Hindus with treachery.
I liked this message because this is the problem that has hurt every Hindu. Lost to islamic invaders because of disunity, remained under British rule
suffered under Nehruvian secularism because of disunity. Even the attacks on Nupur Sharma are happening because Islamists are getting open support from Hindus
Hindutva and civilizational unity are the only things that will save India
people didn't like the story of Ghori’s brother, and his partner Chitralekha, and the fact that Samrat Prithviraj gave shelter to them and protected their religious rights
Well, India has always given shelter to persecuted people, from Christians to Parsis, to Jews, Buddhists, and even Muslims, so what Samrat Prithviraj Did doesn’t seem odd to me
I also loved the subtle Hindu messaging. Our hero wears a janeu in the climax scene
something that sends our leftists into a rage
I support such subliminal messaging and I always advocate what veer Savarkar did: Janeu For Every Caste
I also loved the Kashtriya love for War. Gandhiji has done many wrong things about India, but the worst thing honestly, was convincing millions of Hindus that we ahimsa means non violence
The truth is that Indian Kshatriya Dharma loves war. Ahimsa is the great Dharma, but Violence in the service of Dharma is also as great
They consider war a boon of Goddess Bhavani, just like The Marathas
and the Sikh gurus like Guru Gobind Singh who considered war a boon from Mata Bhagwati
This is real Kashtriya Dharma of Snatana Dharma, not Gandhi's Made in China Ahimsa.
people didn’t like the fact that there was a feminist message, but I also thought it was a good message for Hindutva, as it also supports women's equality and empowerment
I am just happy Samrat Prithviraj was chosen to give that message
You know that there are directors in Bollywood that would have made ghori a feminist who organized the first-ever pride parade in Ghazni,
outlawed caste discrimination, started Jam Trinity before Modi, and developed a cure for cancer
Ok these were things i liked. Now let me tell you things I didn’t like and why I think the film is not doing well in the box office
First of all, Akshay Kumar as Samrat Prithviraj
I think he performed well, particularly in the climax scene, I thought he did well, But As I have said, they should have chosen someone different to play Prithviraj
someone younger, bigger, stronger, who looks like a warrior.
Someone with a booming voice as well, who when he shouts “har Har mahadev”, you hear it in your bones.(
On top of that, Obviously, Akshay Kumar didn’t help himself, he has to lecture his Hindu audience
And then he makes a film on Samrat Prithviraj and expects people to forget?
Do you think we are mainstream media and Laxmi Bomb is Kamlesh Tiwari that we will forget overnight?
The other aspect was The fact that he made this film in 42 days, and Akshay Kumar did not look like he took any steps to become Samrat Prithviraj
whereas people like NTR junior and Rama Charan Teja underwent a complete transformation
and Rajamouli wanted every single detail to be so perfect that the film took almost 3 years to finish
Included 3000 technicians to nail every detail
And you can see on the screen and in the response of the box office
Whereas even Ranvir Singh in bajirao Mastani
had a great warrior look. He looked like a warrior, he developed a marathi accent. It looked like he took the role seriously and prepared for the role
you don't get that feeling seeing Akshay kumar
I was afraid that the film would not show the Reality of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chisti and I was right
there was no mention on Moinuddin Chisti. The film showed that jaichand invited Ghori to attack Samrat Prithviraj, but in reality, it was Moinuddin Chisti who invited ghori
and was very pleased when Samrat Prithviraj was defeated by the “army of Islam”
I expected more from Chandraprakash Dwivedi
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I also didn’t like that at the end of the film, seeing Samrat Prithviraj’s bravery the Afghan crowd started chanting his name and saying “Zindabaad”
Yeah, a bunch of Islamists will never chant Kaafir’s name
We have people here who celebrate Pakistan’s cricket victory over India and they ask us to believe that
Showing love to sworn enemies is something only Hindus do
When Owaisi Says Jai Shri Ram then I will accept a film where Afghans praise Samrat Prithviraj.
But I think at the end of the day, the biggest problem with Prithviraj film is that it's boring
You would think that the film will be full of scenes of war, great action, great stunts and Prithviraj kicking some afghan ass
But unfortunately, the action scenes are about 10-20 minutes of the film. The action is ok, it will not blow your socks away. The climax action scene is nice but it s not enough
If you look for Satire on Youtube and you get Aakash banerjee you won’t feel good. Same with this film
Most of the film is dialogue, politics, and romance between Sanyogita and Prithviraj, which slows the film down massively
Prithviraj Comes out at a time when action blockbusters are the big hits, like KGF and RRR. If you see the blockbusters of recent times
they have plenty of time for romance and drama, but also plenty of time for action.
I can see the audience going into the film, wanting to see a war film, and some great action from Akshay Kumar routing the Afghan army and getting disappointed by the lack of action.
This is why I think the failm may be failing at the box office
And that is what I thought of the film. Overall, I liked it more than other people, but it is a little disappointing in terms of action
it is a bit slow and boring, and it omits a few important parts of the story like Moinuddin Chisti’s invite to Ghori