The greatest superpower of cinema is the ability to make us believe again. Jackie Shroff’s little summer adventure, The Great Grand Superhero: Aliens Ka Aagman doesn’t just ask us to believe in flying grandfathers or marauding aliens, it invites us to believe in something far more radical in these times of attention and trust deficit. The film tells us that a wrinkled, mischievous Dadaji can still be the mightiest hero in a child’s universe, and that childhood imagination isn’t childish — it’s the original superpower.Intelligent, imaginative, but lonely, young Dipu (Mihir Godbole is pitch-perfect) fabricates grand stories to win over new friends in new schools and new towns where his father gets transferred. In his script, his grandfather (Jackie Shroff) is a superhero who fights aliens. The tone is secretive, and Dipu limits the age group to under-18 because he perhaps knows his adventure will not pass the adult scrutiny.The Great Grand Superhero (Hindi)Director: Manish SainiDuration: 112 minutesCast: Jackie Shroff, Mihir Godbole, Shivansh Chorge, Bhagyashree, Prateik Babbar, Sharat SaxenaSynopsis: A restless young boy, constantly shifting towns, spins tall tales about his grandfather being a secret superhero who battles aliens to impress his new classmates.
‘The Great Grand Superhero: Aliens Ka Aagman’ movie review: Reclaiming childhood wonder
‘The Great Grand Superhero: Aliens Ka Aagman’ movie review: A charming, sincere children’s film marked by a joyful jugaldbandi between Jackie Shroff and Mihir Godbole that one wishes had trusted its own early imagination a little longer.








