A section of Mega fans have been trying to project the view that Game Changer is morally superior because its protagonist is an idealistic bureaucrat. And Appanna is an idealistic politician in the movie. So, Ram Charan's dual role is better than what Allu Arjun played in the Pushpa duology. So far, so good. After all, who can argue with Pushpa Raj being a smuggler and therefore morally repulsive?
But commercial films are a package. The Indian audience don't ascertain a film's moral compass based on what its protagonist does. Mahesh Babu's Businessman was pathological and repugnant; it should have ideally been boycotted. But it remains one of the most-watched Puri Jagannadh and Mahesh movies.
The moral arguments shouldn't be cast selectively. Game Changer is a mega-scale movie on which hundreds of crores have been spent. The makers tom-tomed about its lavish songs, saying they had spent Rs 75 Cr on just the songs. In an ideal society (there are none, perhaps, anywhere in the world), Game Changer would have been made on an ordinary budget because a righteous and virtuous protagonist doesn't need lavish songs. If people want to reward him, they will watch the movie even if there is no grandeur. But that's not how it works, right?
You can't convince people to watch Game Changer by saying Ram Nandan is a great IAS officer and Appanna is a great leader. They have made an action entertainer, not a Swades (Shah Rukh Khan's Hindi film, which had no fights, no punchlines, no gravity-defying nonsense). What are we supposed to learn from an IAS officer who stops election fraud single-handedly? Even a kid knows that it's impossible in real life. Game Changer is a fantasy. It is not life. If you want audiences to learn lessons from your movie, make a realistic movie like Swades. Even if it is boring, you can claim moral superiority.
