I Am Not In That Dumb Race

Filmmaker
Vivek
Agnihotri
recently
took
to
his
social
media
handle
to
react
to
news
articles
doing
rounds
on
social
media
that
Ranbir
Kapoor-Alia
Bhatt’s
recent
release

Brahmastra
has
emerged
as
the
highest-grossing
Hindi
film
of
the
year,
beating
Vivek’s
directorial,

The
Kashmir
Files.
He
wrote
that
he
doesn’t
want
to
be
a
part
of
any
‘dumb
race.’

Vivek
tweeted,
“Hahahaha.
I
don’t
know
how
did
they
beat
#TheKashmirFiles…with
sticks,
rods,
hockey…
or
AK47
or
stones….
Or
with
paid
PR
and
influencers?
Let
Bollywood
films
compete
with
each
other.
Leave
us
alone.
I
am
not
in
that
dumb
race.
Thanks.
#NotBollywood.”

If
trade
sources
are
to
be
believed,

Brahmastra
Part
One:
Shiva
has
crossed
Rs
200
Crore
at
the
domestic
box
office
and
Rs
360
Crore
worldwide
(gross).
This
means
that
it
has
sailed
post
Vivek
Agnihotri’s

The
Kashmir
Files
which
is
one
of
the
highest
grossing
Hindi
films
of
2022
with
a
lifetime
collection
of
Rs
340
Crore.

Meanwhile,

Brahmastra‘s
lead
actor
Ranbir
Kapoor
in
his
recent
interview,
said
that
the
film’s
business
is
much
different
because
all
figures
of
its
budget
floating
around
in
the
media
are
‘wrong’.

For
the
unversed,
it
was
reported
that
the
estimated
budget
of

Brahmastra
is
around
Rs
410
Crore.
However,
Ranbir
without
revealing
the
actual
figures,
broke
down
the
economics
of
the
film
and
explained
that
the
budget
is
not
just
for
one
movie
but
for
the
whole
trilogy.

Speaking
about
the
fantasy
action-adventure
film,
it
revolves
around
a
Mumbai-based
DJ
Shiva
(Ranbir
Kapoor)
who
along
with
his
love
interest
Isha
(Alia
Bhatt)
sets
out
to
unravel
his
connection
with
a
secret
society
called
Brahmansh
which
is
led
by
Guruji
(Amitabh
Bachchan).
Upon
its
release
in
theatres,

Brahmastra
opened
to
mixed
reviews
from
the
critics
and
the
audience.