Soon after SS Rajamouli worked his magic on the big screen with ‘RRR’, people from Bollywood and Kollywood claimed that they are going to give a strong response with ‘Brahmastra’ and ‘PS – 1’ respectively. But both these films failed to mint more than 500 crores and ended up in losses in many places. On the other hand, Rajamouli’s magnum opus is amazing the audience across the globe and is in the debate of getting nominated for the Oscars. It is getting huge reception from various places like America, Japan, UK, Australia and other places. The film’s popularity grew multifold after getting released on Netflix and there are a lot of foreigners who became fans of Rajamouli’s work.
After the release of ‘PS – 1’, the movie got an average response from people across the nation barring the Tamil audience who are too emotionally attached. They were not ready to accept the reality and even Tamil journalists spewed venom on people who criticized the movie. The movie did not do well in the Hindi market and it was recently released on Amazon Prime Video. The response has been lukewarm and people did not sing laurels about it. A lot of them are questioning how this film made more than 400 crores at the box office. The force of ‘PS – 1’ was limited to Tamil Nadu itself.
It is the same with ‘Brahmastra’ too. The Bollywood media claimed it was a visual wonder and praised it to no end in the first ten days of its release. But the collections fell down drastically and the movie ended up in losses and the makers are already planning for the second part. Recently, it started streaming on Disney + Hotstar and no one is praising this film and there are many trolls coming its way too. While these two massive projects got an average response on OTT platforms, ‘RRR’ became a sensation and even got praise from Hollywood writers and directors. Many are suggesting that it is better for everyone if people stop comparing ‘Brahmastra’ and ‘PS – 1’ with ‘RRR’.
