Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt shared a clip on Instagram to offer a look into the preparation and journey of Brahmastra, the Ayan Mukherji-helmed adventure-action movie. The Wake Up Sid and Ye Jawani Hai Deewani director explained what inspired the vision behind the movie.
“How it all began … a glimpse into our prep .. and the journey of Brahmastra”, the 29-year-old said in the caption, adding that the film would release on September 9, 2022.
It starts with Ranbir Kapoor, who plays Shiva, and shows the character learning to harness his powers. Then the short clip switches to the 38-year-old director explaining what inspired the film.
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He describes how he was in the hills for a writing project, trying to work on his second film after his first had been well-received. Mukherji continues that it was the spirituality of the Himalayas that led to the creation of this epic.
The journey of Brahmastra started in 2011 when Mukherji was in Shimla. The director noted he “truly believes” it was the energy of the Himalayas that led to the vision for Brahmastra.
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“Even in its earliest form, Brahamstra was a ridiculously ambitious idea. Nothing like it had ever been created out of India before. So there was no roadmap of how to do what I wanted to do. I realized very early that the visual effects and the scale of the movie I was imagining was totally out of reach, beyond the limits of where technology and film budgets were capped in India. But I always believed that if I somehow managed to overcome these challenges and if I got the film right, Brahamstra would be truly a pioneering and groundbreaking film. A film that our country would be proud of”, Mukherji continued.
The entire project is a trilogy and will set up Mukherji’s ‘Astraverse’.
