Maa (2025) was a major letdown — boring, with very poor visuals and special effects that looked dated, and a predictable villain that felt like nothing more than an “evil Groot.” Worse still, it dishonours Kali Maa by reducing her to a powerless figure in a fictional storyline, making it seem as if she cannot protect her own devotee. Instead of showing the true divine strength and ferocity of the goddess, the film treats Hinduism and Vedic culture like shallow fantasy, leaving behind only a hollow spectacle.