vikramaditya motwane

Director Vikramaditya Motwane’s new movie, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, launched its first teaser back in late April, and you’re forgiven for believing it delivers the film’s tone in full. It’s a much darker venture while not too heavily vested in revealing the actor’s face; much of the film’s obscurity is replaced with tropes attributed to a brutal vigilante action movie that looks pretty pleasing. Fast forward to Wednesday and courtesy of Eros International, an official trailer came and delved fully further into the narrative, revealing itself as something almost entirely different at first with an array of gags stemming from a story about a masked vigilante whose crime fighting feats go viral. Good intentions aside, it turns out he and his friends are clearly way in over their heads as hinted prior to the trailer’s gradual pivot from silly and comical to brooding, explosive and downright awesome in its delivery. Bhavesh […]

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Vikramaditya Motwane’s producer’s hat is pretty sizable in his 10 years+ career. He’s also directed three films and now his fourth and latest feature welcomes another addition to the masked vigilante genre in Bhavesh Joshi: Superhero. Eros is opening the new Hindi language thriller on May 25 with actor Harshvardhan Kapoor in the title role. The film’s arrival reportedly follows a four year period that saw a revolving door of actors as the project was shelved repeatedly prior to a production that eventually wrapped last summer. There isn’t much to go by in terms of the plot, although there’s quite a bit to draw from what we get to see in terms of our protagonist, his fighting style, stunt work and the villanous presence our hero will eventually clash with. Check it out below and share your thoughts.

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