I watched the film today in Pune, and honestly, I walked in with excitement and walked out with disappointment. With a cast like this and Lokesh Kanagaraj at the helm, you'd expect fireworks, but what we got was a confusing, surface-level movie that didn’t know what to do with its own ambition. Lokesh clearly aimed to make a true pan-India spectacle — he brought in Rajinikanth to anchor the film with his unmatched charisma (which, to be fair, still hits effortlessly), then added Nagarjuna Akkineni from Telugu cinema, Upendra from Kannada, and even Aamir Khan to pull in the Hindi audience. On paper, that looks like a genius move, but in execution, it falls flat. It felt like he just collected stars from different industries for box office reach rather than giving them meaningful characters or arcs. Nagarjuna was decent, but his character felt like a slightly elevated gangster role — almost like a recycled Danny from Don. Upendra had all this mysterious buildup with that locked room subplot, and it went absolutely nowhere. Zero payoff. Just pure hype that fizzled out. Aamir Khan, of all people, was reduced to a blink-and-miss role that served no real purpose — if you’re bringing in someone of his stature, give him something substantial. Instead, he was just there to tick the "Bollywood star" box. Shruti Haasan’s role was possibly the weakest of the lot — not only underwritten but also completely emotionless. And that’s where the biggest failure lies: the emotional core. The father-daughter dynamic, which was supposed to be the soul of the story, felt so undercooked and disconnected that it didn’t move me at all. Especially when you look at how powerfully Vikram handled father-son emotion or how Leo brought intensity through the brother-sister bond — this just felt hollow in comparison. The first half had some pace and decent buildup, and Anirudh’s BGM absolutely elevated moments that would’ve otherwise fallen flat. But post-intermission, the film lost all steam. It dragged, twisted itself into knots for the sake of complexity, and by the end, it was just noise — flashy action, convoluted scenes, and an ending that didn’t make a lick of sense. Lokesh Kanagaraj, who once gave us gritty, engaging storytelling in films like Kaithi and Vikram, feels like he’s now more focused on stacking star power and crafting ‘mass moments’ than building a coherent story. This film tried to be everything — action-packed, emotional, massy, pan-India — and ended up being nothing. It was all spectacle, no soul. Honestly, I won’t be rewatching this on OTT or otherwise. It’s easily Lokesh’s weakest film to date, and despite the superstar cameos and loud BGM, it left no lasting impact.