Mahavatar Narsimha

Mahavatar Narsimha is a film about pure devotion, Bhakt Prahlad’s love for Bhagvan Vishnu. Most of us are familiar with this Puranic story, having heard it from our grandparents or parents in our childhood. But watching the atrocities that little Prahlad faces for his unflinching devotion on the big screen is a different experience in itself.The movie is certainly a big-screen watch. After watching the movie in both 3D and 2D, I recommend watching it in 2D. I found the 3D a little tiring for the eyes. The music, the script, the flow, the grandeur, the vision, the dialogues all deserve a cent-per-cent score. The overall quality of animation could have been better, considering the advances in the field of animation. Nevertheless, the animation of the Varaha avatar and the Narsimh avatar are excellent and more than make up for anything that might be missing.Prahlad’s softness, dharmic nature, steadfast love for Bhagvan at the age of five, his all-inclusiveness, his wisdom… all these traits and more have been beautifully portrayed by the makers of the movie. His overly egoistical father repeatedly tries to kill him, but that does not shake his faith in Bhagvan nor his purity. Although it's an animated film, the emotion of the film is spot on. I have watched this movie twice and m planning to watch it a third time! The movie is entirely made in India. Full of soul, the movie has touched people deeply. The scene where Mahavatar Narsimha enters the frame is mind-blowing! His anger at the atrocities his devotee has faced, his deep love for Prahlad, his fight with the daityas and Hiranyakashipu, and his all-powerful avatar have been brought to life superbly. One has to see it to believe it.I was left speechless and numb looking at the spectacle of the eight-handed Mahavatar Narsimha. The story shows how a self-obsessed ego leads to the destruction of the self, family and society. From Hiranyakashipu, one can also draw parallels to today’s times, where certain religions claim their god to be the only god. He was so intoxicated by his ego that he proclaimed himself to be God, insisting and forcing others to worship him as God. The irony is that the son born to him is the greatest devotee of Bhagvan Vishnu, right from birth.The whole story has been presented beautifully. Kudos to the director of this movie, Ashwin Kumar, for having envisioned a brilliant movie from our Pauranic Katha. A lot of obstacles stood between him and his vision, but he had faith, love and grit. What we see on screen for a hundred and forty minutes is a continuous effort over a period of more than five years..Producing an animated film is extremely tough. One second consists of 24 images, and each image takes four to ten hours of rendering or computer processing, and one second takes two weeks to prepare. Once a few minutes are ready, if the results are not satisfying, the process has to start again. The script was drafted and changed five times. The script is based on the Vishnu Purana and Shrimad Bhagavatam and cross-checked by Dharma gurus.During the making, Kleem Productions of Ashwini Kumar was backed by Hombale Films, the producers of Kantara. This intervention was a blessing for Ashwini and the project.Released on 25 July 2025 in five languages—Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, the film has received a response like no other. Made with a budget of 15 crores, its box office collections crossed 93 crores at the time of this review, going to print. The euphoria and emotion it is invoking is on another level—devotees have removed footwear outside cinema halls, some have travelled a 100 km to watch the film, many stand and offer namaskaram when Narasimha Avatar appears on screen, and they cry in joy seeing Prahlad’s devotion.The makers have done a brilliant and sincere job in bringing out this story as an animated movie. Mahavatar Narasimha broke the pillar the first time He gave darshan, and this time box office records are being broken by His darshan.

Mahavatar Narsimha

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