3.05/5

A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon an Instagram reel featuring a seemingly wise, wizard-like cat who declared, “Sundays are for brain rot.” Never has a 30-second reel resonated with me more. I’m productive from Monday to Saturday, but Sunday? That’s my sacred day for mindless indulgence—content that gives my brain a break. So last Sunday, my friend and I decided to take that indulgence outside the house. We headed to Gaiety Galaxy in Bandra West to experience some pure cinematic brain rot. Our film of choice? Himesh Reshammiya’s latest “masterpiece”, Badass Ravikumar.

Badass Ravikumar, directed by Keith Gomes and produced by Reshammiya himself, hit theatres on February 7. A spin-off from the 2014 film The Xposé and the second installment in The Xposé Universe, the film brought back Reshammiya as the iconic police officer Ravi Kumar. Joining him were Prabhu Deva, Kirti Kulhari, Simona J, Saurabh Sachdeva, Sunny Leone, Sanjay Mishra, and Johnny Lever in supporting roles. Surprisingly, the film managed to rake in R7.76 crore in its first week—a respectable figure for what many predicted would be a box office disaster.