Aarcflick

 After Bollywood closed 2024 with such a spectacular flop like Baby John, almost every critic, industry analyst, and film enthusiast started writing long articles about how remakes, sequels, unoriginal scripts, and propaganda films will not allow the Hindi film industry to remain sustainable. And I couldn’t help but agree. Personally, last year was awful for a variety of reasons. But the dearth of good Hindi films, something I had relied on since my childhood to tide me over through tough times, only exacerbated the feelings of dread, despair, and depression. I realized that I wasn’t excited about the upcoming release. I started wondering if something was wrong with me or with films in general. That’s when I saw the trailer for Badass Ravi Kumar. It looked absurd, and the best part was that I knew it was. It had songs that didn’t sound like a fusion of Hindi and Punjabi. On top of all that, Himesh Reshammiya was front and center, delivering dialogue after dialogue like there was no...