More recently, Brahmāstra, a Bollywood fantasy action film drawn from stories from Hindu mythology, released this month, has been a hit.
“This year has been extremely poor for the Hindi film industry as far as the box office is concerned,” said Sumit Kadel, a film trade analyst in India.
“If this film, with all its excessive religiosity, is a success, I’m sure many others will follow,” she said.
KGF:2, a Kannada period action film, was also a roaring success, while Vikram, a Tamil thriller, performed better than almost all big Bollywood releases.