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Movie ID: 790
RT slug: brahmastra_part_one_shiva
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brahmastra_part_one_shiva
Release year: 2022
Runtime: 167 mins
Wide release date: 2022-09-09
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2022-12-07
Tomatometer final: 49%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
Directors: Ayan Mukherjee
Writers: Ayan Mukherjee
Producers: Apoorva Mehta, Ayan Mukherjee, Karan Johar, Marijke Desouza, Namit Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor
MPAA rating: —
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-17 18:59:50
Updated: 2026-06-17 18:59:50
BRAHMASTRA - the Trilogy, is a 3-part film franchise and the beginning of India's first original universe -- the Astraverse. It is a new original cinematic universe inspired by deeply rooted concepts and tales in Indian mythology but set in the modern world, with epic storytelling of fantasy, adventure, good vs evil, love and hope; all told using cutting edge technology and never-seen-before visual spectacles. BRAHMASTRA: PART ONE, is the story of SHIVA -- a young man and our protagonist, who is on the brink of an epic love, with a girl named... Isha. But their world is turned upside down, because Shiva learns that he has a mysterious connection to the Brahmastra... and a great power within him that he doesn't understand just yet -- the power of Fire. Experience Shiva's adventures as he journeys into the world of Astras and in turn, discovers his destiny as the DIVINE HERO of the universe.
Ambitious yet uneven, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva offers definite pleasures for Bollywood fans, although the incessant spectacle may ultimately overwhelm many viewers.
Canonical reviews: 35
Canonical fresh: 17
Canonical rotten: 18
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 49%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-17 18:50:16
Snapshot Tomatometer: 49%
Snapshot review count: 35
Snapshot fresh count: 17
Snapshot rotten count: 18
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1419 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Star Studios | distributor |
| Dharma Productions | production |
| Double Negative (DNEG) | production |
| Fox Star Studios | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amitabh Bachchan | Guru |
| 2 | Ranbir Kapoor | Shiva |
| 3 | Alia Bhatt | Isha |
| 4 | Mouni Roy | Junoon |
| 5 | Nagarjuna Akkineni | Anish |
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| 806 | processed | — | 2026-06-17 18:59:50 | Processed successfully into movie_id=790 using update_mode=merge_non_empty. |
| Batch ID | Local Snapshot | UTC Snapshot | Entered % | Entered Count | Status | Notes |
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| 1419 | 2026-06-17 13:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-06-17 18:50:16 | 49% | 35 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 35 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=35, fresh=17, rotten=18, tomatometer=49%. Net new reviews added=35, fresh=17, rotten=18. Current canonical totals=35 reviews, 17 fresh, 18 rotten, tomatometer=49% (48.571%). Entered review count matched parsed batch count (35). Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (49%). |
| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178065 | Priyanka Sundar | Firstpost | Rotten | — | 2023-11-02T21:24:55Z | 2023-11-02 21:24:55 | While the special appearances may pull in the crowd initially, it doesn’t keep them happy. |
| 178066 | Pramit Chatterjee | Digital Mafia Talkies | Rotten | 1/5 | 2023-07-20T12:31:31Z | 2023-07-20 12:31:31 | Maybe Brahmastra would have benefited from a small screen release. At least the issues wouldn’t have been so visible. |
| 178067 | Rachel Wagner | Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) | Rotten | — | 2022-12-31T03:31:02Z | 2022-12-31 03:31:02 | Felt like a bunch of music videos without a compelling story drawing them together |
| 178068 | Radhika Menon | Decider | Fresh | — | 2022-11-18T01:08:11Z | 2022-11-18 01:08:11 | Though it is a bit muddled at parts, the grandeur of the execution is entertaining to watch. |
| 178069 | Abhishek Sharma | Film Threat | Fresh | 7/10 | 2022-11-02T20:20:08Z | 2022-11-02 20:20:08 | It is a wholesome entertainer with an original plot, aspiring to become a massive franchise. |
| 178070 | Jason Shawhan | Nashville Scene | Fresh | — | 2022-10-28T22:58:33Z | 2022-10-28 22:58:33 | Director Ayan Mukerji manages to craft a big, universe-shaking epic that doesn’t feel exactly like everything else out there. I brought along a friend who’d never seen any Indian cinema before but who loves a big spectacle, and they were bowled over. |
| 178071 | Sagar Tetali | Film Companion | Rotten | — | 2022-09-21T18:58:35Z | 2022-09-21 18:58:35 | I have little investment in the world it teases or its mythic weapons — if there’s a sequel, I will be hard pressed to remember what happened in the first film... |
| 178072 | Monique Jones | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-20T19:17:03Z | 2022-09-20 19:17:03 | This musical fantasy is a jam-packed extravaganza that offers viewers the best of Bollywood. |
| 178073 | Shubhra Gupta | The Indian Express | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2022-09-20T19:12:24Z | 2022-09-20 19:12:24 | Despite all those non-stop computer graphics, the opulence of the sets, the starry array, the film’s commitment to its subject, we never really buy into it completely. |
| 178074 | Anupama Chopra | Film Companion | Fresh | — | 2022-09-19T09:52:13Z | 2022-09-19 09:52:13 | There are several soft spots in Brahmastra but lack of ambition isn’t one of them. |
| 178075 | Devesh Sharma | Filmfare | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-16T22:22:37Z | 2022-09-16 22:22:37 | Watch the film for its visual appeal and for the burning chemistry between Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor. A stage has now been set and let's hope Ayan Mukerji doesn't take five years more to bring out the next installment. |
| 178076 | Nandini Ramnath | Scroll.in | Rotten | — | 2022-09-16T22:20:34Z | 2022-09-16 22:20:34 | Brahmastra Part One: Shiva gets the pyrotechnics right but fumbles in creating an emotionally involving alternate reality. |
| 178077 | David Tusing | The National (UAE) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-16T00:43:44Z | 2022-09-16 00:43:44 | Bhrahmastra: Part One – Shiva is a tantalising prospect of a great, long-overdue Indian superhero franchise. But it needs a bit more fine-tuning in its storytelling and better visual effects to truly stand on its own. |
| 178078 | Rohan Naahar | The Indian Express | Rotten | — | 2022-09-14T14:05:54Z | 2022-09-14 14:05:54 | Ayan Mukerji has such little respect for the audience that he feels the need to spoon-feed every last drop of exposition so loudly that by the time you’re exiting the theatre, dazed silly, you will be thinking to yourself in Sanskrit. |
| 178079 | Kshitij Rawat | Wion | Rotten | — | 2022-09-14T03:10:45Z | 2022-09-14 03:10:45 | The writing is fine as far as the world-building goes, but the dialogues sink the movie. You have to expect poor writing when you're going to watch a big-budget Hindi film. It's a given at this point. But even by that standards, 'Brahmastra' is terrible. |
| 178080 | Anna M.M. Vetticad | Firstpost | Rotten | — | 2022-09-12T17:21:22Z | 2022-09-12 17:21:22 | Brahmastra is superficial in its Hindu-ness, its MCU-ness, its Potter-ness, its Bollywood-ness and its humanity. |
| 178081 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-12T15:43:45Z | 2022-09-12 15:43:45 | “Brahmāstra” gets back to larger-than-life storytelling, openly embracing the crazy and fantastical, and piquing our imaginations while Mukerji impresses us with his. |
| 178082 | Julian Roman | MovieWeb | Rotten | 2/5 | 2022-09-12T15:34:10Z | 2022-09-12 15:34:10 | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva overwhelms your senses with a relentless aural and visual assault. I can appreciate the vibrant cultural aspects, but the entire experience becomes grating by the total lack of subtlety and flimsy script. |
| 178083 | Paul Attard | In Review Online | Rotten | — | 2022-09-12T14:00:28Z | 2022-09-12 14:00:28 | Like all movies of this ilk, there’s a cyclical nature to the film’s narrative rhythms that moves endlessly between defeat and success. It's still just fill-in-the-blanks "superhero" franchising masquerading as something more singular. |
| 178084 | Jimmy Cage | Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube) | Rotten | 5/10 | 2022-09-10T09:40:31Z | 2022-09-10 09:40:31 | A visual spectacle but also a mess of a movie with shallow characters, messy storytelling and a lot of baffling filmic choices. |
| 178085 | Poulomi Das | News9 Live (India) | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2022-09-10T00:07:49Z | 2022-09-10 00:07:49 | Brahmastra Part One -- Shiva is a film that shouts its story from the rooftops instead of piecing its threads together in a coherent narrative. |
| 178086 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Rotten | — | 2022-09-09T22:50:44Z | 2022-09-09 22:50:44 | Over-indulgent and moronic ... [It's] an example of what happens when people spend too much money to make a sci-fi/fantasy movie and not enough effort to craft a coherent story and offer good performances. This abomination is an absolute chore to watch. |
| 178087 | Avi Offer | NYC Movie Guru | Fresh | — | 2022-09-09T22:15:46Z | 2022-09-09 22:15:46 | An exhilarating and dazzling albeit over-produced spectacle. |
| 178088 | Simon Abrams | TheWrap | Rotten | — | 2022-09-09T20:23:46Z | 2022-09-09 20:23:46 | Neither the action scenes nor the musical numbers stand out, and none of the characters or their performers transcend their expected roles. |
| 178089 | Proma Khosla | IndieWire | Fresh | C+ | 2022-09-09T19:54:46Z | 2022-09-09 19:54:46 | An ambitious introduction to a mythological cinematic universe with the expected hiccups of building a massive world from scratch. It's an admirable attempt and unmissable theatrical experience for any Bollywood fan. |
| 178090 | Scott Mendelson | Forbes | Rotten | 4/10 | 2022-09-09T17:00:04Z | 2022-09-09 17:00:04 | 'Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva' resembles a checklist of every mistake Hollywood made over the last decade trying to replicate the success of Marvel's 'The Avengers.' |
| 178091 | Tessa Smith | Mama's Geeky | Fresh | 4/5 | 2022-09-09T14:32:50Z | 2022-09-09 14:32:50 | Packed with action and stunning visuals. It plays like a Marvel movie, which is not a bad thing. Tells a cohesive story while still setting up for an epic trilogy. |
| 178092 | Siddhant Adlakha | JoySauce.com | Rotten | — | 2022-09-09T13:25:55Z | 2022-09-09 13:25:55 | Brahmāstra: Part One — Shiva may have shiny new packaging, but it houses toys re-assembled from the spare parts of other, better toys you might remember, now held together with little more than Scotch tape and glitter. |
| 178093 | Edward Douglas | The Weekend Warrior (Substack) | Fresh | 6.5/10 | 2022-09-09T12:55:20Z | 2022-09-09 12:55:20 | Remains far too faithful to the usual Bollywood formulas to win over Western audiences who might be more accustomed to FX-laden action than to the music videos and romance. |
| 178094 | Sukanya Verma | Rediff.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-09T10:49:04Z | 2022-09-09 10:49:04 | A work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes. |
| 178095 | Mike McCahill | Guardian | Fresh | 3/5 | 2022-09-09T10:11:31Z | 2022-09-09 10:11:31 | Mukerji brings a peppy, wide-eyed spirit to the superhero-movie model, adorning tried-and-tested arcs and beats with workable Pritam songs, ravishing colours and gorgeous people. |
| 178096 | Fred Topel | United Press International | Fresh | — | 2022-09-09T07:31:45Z | 2022-09-09 07:31:45 | A superhero origin story by way of Bollywood. The action and visual effects are on par with Hollywood's Marvel movies, but it's based on Indian mythology. |
| 178097 | Chris Joyce | Movies and Munchies (YouTube) | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2022-09-09T06:28:33Z | 2022-09-09 06:28:33 | As much as this is an action fantasy superhero story, it’s also a love story filled with a tremendous amount of heart. |
| 178098 | Daniel Eagan | Film Legacy | Fresh | — | 2022-09-08T21:47:37Z | 2022-09-08 21:47:37 | Best when showing the romantic chemistry between Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. |
| 178099 | Courtney Howard | Variety | Fresh | — | 2022-09-08T18:50:07Z | 2022-09-08 18:50:07 | Though the story is occasionally overcomplicated and the spectacle excites and exhausts in equal measure (as even Marvel movies do), it’s a wildly entertaining jump start to a planned trilogy. |
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