Updated On: 21 October, 2023 07:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
`Ganapath: A Hero Is Born` movie review: What makes Ganapath different from the saviour-hero films of yore is that director Bahl has tried to make it look like the desi Mad Max of sorts, albeit with unimpressive design and poor packaging

A still from the film
The story of Ganapath is set in a dystopian world. A great war has ravaged most of the earth, leaving the rich, powerful, and greedy to enjoy themselves in a high-tech Silver City, while the have-nots have been banished beyond the electrified walls to fight amongst themselves while scavenging for survival.
The first of the two-part movie opens with a mother answering her hungry son’s query on when their sufferings will end. She recalls Dalapati’s (Amitabh Bachchan) prediction that their saviour, Ganapath, would soon arrive to rescue them from their plight. Guddu (Tiger Shroff) is unconcerned by their suffering, having been pulled out of the slums and adopted by the powerful John (Ziad Bakri) when he was just an infant. He is happy with his life—partying and womanising—when he is not managing fights for John. Till he is accused of making moves on his master’s girl and is buried beside her for betraying John’s trust.