Brahmāstra (film)

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva, also known as Brahmāstra, (Hindi pronunciation: [bɾəʱmaːst̪ɾ]) is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language fantasy adventure film[4][5] written and directed by Ayan Mukerji, and produced by Karan Johar. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna Akkineni. The film is intended to serve as the first film in a planned trilogy.[6]

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva
Promotional poster
Directed byAyan Mukerji
Written by
Story byAyan Mukerji
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPankaj Kumar
Edited by
Music byPritam
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 9 September 2022 (2022-09-09)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹300 crore[2][3]

Principal photography lasted for five years from 2018 to 2022, and the film is scheduled for release in standard formats, 3D, and IMAX 3D. It will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada on 9 September 2022.[1]

Cast

Production

Development

Producer Karan Johar announced the film via Twitter on 11 October 2017, revealing that it would be made into a film trilogy.[13][14] The preparation for the film started in January 2018.[15] In an interview, Kapoor revealed that Mukerji "has spent six years of his life working really hard to make an original story" and that the trilogy would be made over a period of 10 years[16] and refuted rumours suggesting that it is a romantic superhero film. Instead, Kapoor confirmed that the film is a "romantic-fairytale in a supernatural format." and that the film is not something which "doesn't have truth to it, or which is unbelievable".[16]

Initially the film's title was rumoured to be Dragon but was later confirmed as Brahmāstra. Director Ayan Mukerji explained that the title Brahmāstra "resonates with the ancient wisdom, energies and power,".[17] Mukerji also revealed that it is a "contemporary film with ancient elements."[18]

Nagarjuna also confirmed that he would be playing a "pivotal" role.[19] Mouni Roy reavealed in an interview that she is the "only antagonist" in the film.[20]

Characters

Director Ayan Mukherjee revealed that the inspiration behind actor Ranbir Kapoor's character came from Rumi who also inspired the first look of his character. Mukherji also drew inspiration from Rumi's work: "love is the bridge between you and everything", to build the foundation of the film. Later, Mukherji revealed that the Rumi-inspired look was scrapped and Kapoor had gotten a haircut instead.[21]

Kapoor revealed his experience with look tests for the film, expressing that it is a "tedious job, sticking removing applying de applying and applying again, until some decision is reached".[22]

Filming

The principal photography began in February 2018 with the commencement of the first schedule of the film on 24 February 2018. The first schedule of the film was wrapped up in Bulgaria on 24 March 2018.[23] The second schedule of filming continued in Bulgaria and then London on 8 July 2018,[24] in London, New York[25] and then in Bulgaria.[26][27] Extensive shooting started on 1 February 2019 at Edinburgh, Scotland. The 20-day schedule started in the Ramnagar Fort and Chet Singh Fort in Varanasi on 30 July 2019.[28] The last schedule of filming was halted in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The filming was resumed in October 2020 and was wrapped up after five years on 29 March 2022 in Varanasi.[29]

Music

The music of the film will be composed by Pritam while the lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.[30][31] On 10 April 2022, the first song titled 'Kesariya' sung by Arijit Singh was unveiled. Three days later, the teaser of the song was released.[32][33]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kesariya"Arijit SinghTBA

Marketing

The title logo of the film was revealed on 4 March 2019.[34] In the evening of the same day logo of the film Brahmāstra was launched on Maha Shivratri at Kumbh Mela. In first of its kind 150 drones were used to lit the sky up to form the logo.[35][36] The official logo of Brahmāstra was released on 6 March 2019.[37] SS Rajamouli and Dhanush have launched the logos of the film in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada versions.[38] A motion poster featuring Kapoor's character as Shiva was released on 15 December 2021.[39] The poster and first prologue of Bhatt's character released on 16 March 2022.[40]

Release

Initially announced for a 15 August 2019 release, Brahmastra was pushed to Christmas 2019 and then to Summer 2020 due to pending VFX work & shoot before the makers announced in February 2020 that its final release date will be 4 December 2020.[41] Due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, the release was delayed indefinitely.[42][43] In December 2021, a new release date of 9 September 2022 was announced.[44]

It will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada on 9 September 2022.[1] The film will also be released in the United States and Canada on the same day by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, which is responsible for worldwide distribution.[45]

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