Biggest scams in Indian cinema

[Aman]

Remember when Brahmastra Part 1 released in 2022 and was hyped as the start of India's biggest cinematic universe? It had a massive budget (₹400‑450 crore), grand trilogy plans and years of buildup.

But even with that huge budget and effort, the film felt pretty average. It ended up with a lifetime worldwide collection of around ₹280 crore, yet producers and trade analysts called it a semi‑hit to average, which many of us found questionable.

According to the original roadmap, Part 2 was slated for 2026 and Part 3 for 2027. Now it seems the makers have just forgotten Brahmastra exists. It's like they know they took a big loss but don't want to admit it's a flop.

No updates, no clear direction, just silence. Is this one of Bollywood's biggest hype‑to‑nowhere cases?

[Jayant]

Bruh, both movies are releasing around Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. They'll probably delay Brahmastra.

[Tushar]

It could have been a huge success, but the story wasn't great and felt stupid. I had a theory before release, but they went a different way.

[Aftab]

Ranbir has already confirmed that the movie will happen in his latest Instagram livestream.

[Jasmin]

What an outright bad movie – the first Ranbir film where he seemed completely out of his depth acting‑wise.

[Akhil]

The concept was really good, but the story and chemistry messed it up.

[Manav]

More than a scam, this was the biggest joke ever.

[Bhavana]

I totally forgot about Brahmastra

[Nandini]

The main plot was good, but they forced in that Ranbir‑Alia romance which was a big let‑down... however the SRK and Nagarjun cameo was really good.

[Vishal]

Not gonna lie, I had some expectations from this film. It had a great concept, a solid main plot, CGI and everything. But the love arc they forced into the story ruined it. Like, what do you mean he saved the world because of 'the power of love' ✌️? I had a theory that it wasn't actually because of love but because Dev (or whatever the villain was) was actually Shiva's father, so he spared the world.

And the dialogues were just terrible. I don't know why Indian movies with great concepts and main plots end up as half‑baked products.

[Pavithra]

You need to focus on the core story. Same fumble as Ra.One – they tried to add too much instead of sticking to the plot.

Ra.One was racist towards South Indians and its humor fell flat. Brahmastra had the worst performance from Ranbir and Alia, with a horrible love story.