Ustaad Bhagat Singh

Ustaad Bhagat Singh feels like a relic of a bygone era, desperately trying to thrive in the 2026 landscape of gritty, high-stakes spectacles. The film is a dated masala potboiler salvaged only by Pawan Kalyan's charisma, with mediocre writing that fails to deliver on its creative gamble.

Ustaad Bhagat Singh is the kind of film that fans will find moments to cheer in, but general audiences are likely to walk out feeling they have seen this before, and done better. Pawan Kalyan does what he does best, and there is genuine enjoyment in watching him work. But a good lead performance alone cannot carry two and a half hours when the writing is outdated, the music is underwhelming, and the supporting cast is either underused or underwritten.

Ustaad Bhagat Singh is less a film and more, a lazily constructed vehicle for star worship and political signalling, one that quickly wears out its welcome for anyone outside Pawan Kalyan's core fanbase. For the 'Power Star' and his fiercely loyal fanbase, it's a win-win. For everyone else, it quickly devolves into a familiar, overlong, and exhausting grind.