Mahavatar Narsimha (2025)

Original title

महावतार नरसिम्हा

Directed by

Ashwin Kumar

Genre

animation, action, fantasy, drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 21m

Rated

16

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An animated film based on Hindu mythology. It follows the god Vishnu as he takes the form of a boar to rescue the earth, and then a half-man half-lion to battle a demon who has become a tyrant.

mythologicalepicaction-packedspiritualdramaticanimatedstylizedvisually ambitiousdarkly heroic

What happens

Mahavatar Narsimha is a 2025 Indian animated epic mythological action film directed by Ashwin Kumar in his directorial debut, written by Jayapurna Das and produced by Kleem Productions. Presented by Hombale Films, the film is the first installment in the planned seven-part animated Mahavatar Cinematic Universe, based on the ten avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu. The film chronicles two avatars of Vishnu, Varaha and Narasimha. Varaha, a mighty boar, rescues Bhudevi (Mother Earth) from the asura (demon) Hiranyaksha. The story then shifts to the demon Hiranyakashipu, Hiranyaksha's brother, who gains a boon from Brahma, declares himself god, and oppresses Vishnu's followers. Vishnu appears as Narsimha, a half-lion man form, who kills Hiranyakashipu while honoring the conditions of the demon's boon from Brahma. Blending two major episodes from the Dashavatara, Mahavatar Narsimha explores themes of divine justice, faith, and the promise of protection to the righteous. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Sam C. S., with editing handled by Ajay Varma and director Ashwin Kumar himself. Mahavatar Narsimha was premiered on 25 November 2024 at the 55th International Film Festival of India and was theatrically released on 25 July 2025 in 2D and 3D formats. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised the direction, visuals, screenplay, music, animation and acting but criticized its graphic violence which was deemed too violent in the animation genre and for kids. It performed extremely well in the Hindi version. Estimates of its worldwide box office gross range from ₹300 crore (US$31 million) to ₹325 crore (US$34 million). It is the seventh highest-grossing Indian film of 2025. It emerged as the highest-grossing Indian animated film, surpassing Kochadaiiyaan (2014), and also the highest-grossing animated film in India, surpassing The Lion King (2019). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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