Saturday, June 29, 2019

Dinesh Kamath's column 'Movie World: Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt star in Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra' that was published in Newsband


Movie World
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt star in Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra

Alia Bhatt returned to Mumbai with Ranbir Kapoor just recently. The actors were shooting in Varanasi for Brahmastra.
Alia Bhatt is a part of Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra. She was shooting in Varanasi with Ranbir Kapoor for a new schedule of her upcoming film Brahmastra. She had to cut short the shoot three days ahead of the wrap-up. The actress had to urgently return to Mumbai after she fell sick on the set and her health deteriorated.
The Raazi actress will be consulting a specialist in Mumbai. She will be taking some time off shooting to recover before joining back. Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor were accompanied by Nagarjuna Akkineni and Mouni Roy to Varanasi, where they shot at 40 degree Celsius.
The lead pair of Brahmastra, Alia and Ranbir, had to shoot for a song for the next three days. The song will be shot in November now. Alia continued to work but Ayan (Mukerji, the director of Brahmastra) decided to call off the shoot. The team will now return to the city in November for the song.
Alia Bhatt is paired opposite beau Ranbir Singh in Brahmastra. This is their first film together. At Filmfare Awards this year, Alia accepted the Best Actress award for her performance in Raazi.
Directed by Ayan Mukerji, Brahmastra is a mythological action-adventure film that also features Amitabh Bachchan and Dimple Kapadia. It is the first film in Ayan's fantasy trilogy. The first two schedules of the film have been shot in Bulgaria and Mumbai. Brahmastra is scheduled to release in the Summer of 2020. This is a film that has been the talk of the tinsel town since it went on floors.
Alia and Ranbir had to shoot for a song in the next three days. However, Alia had been caught by the stomach bug due to the extreme heat of the Summer. The Gully Boy star continued to shoot despite falling ill. But before the song shoot that was to last for three days, director Ayan Mukerji called it off and asked her to rest.
In the film, Alia will be seen as Isha while Ranbir will be playing Shiva. Recently at a press conference, Ayan revealed that Varanasi plays an important role in taking the story forward and hence, the shoot is very pivotal to the film. Brahmastra is being produced by Karan Johar.
Ranbir Kapoor’s Shamshera’s release date was pushed back due to Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra. Ranbir Kapoor is one of the few actors who’s consistently been able to deliver on the big screen. His past movies like Wake Up Sid, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and more recently, Sanju, received a lot of love from the audience. Ranbir Kapoor has now two big projects lined up in the near future - Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra and Karan Malhotra’s Shamshera.
However, as per a recent report in an entertainment portal, Ranbir’s film with Vaani Kapoor might face a delay in the release as his other film, Brahmastra is taking up too many dates. The report also claims that Karan Johar met up with Aditya Chopra to discuss the issue and requested him to push the dates of Shamshera behind since he will require more dates of Ranbir to wrap up Brahmastra. Aditya agreed and dates were freed up for Ranbir to shoot Brahmastra with Alia Bhatt.
Mouni Roy is playing the role of an antagonist in 'Brahmastra,' opposite Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. Mouni Roy has been a popular face in the TV industry for quite some time now. However, with 2018 film Gold she made sure that audiences take note of her on the silver screen as well. Reema Kagti’s period sports-drama Gold was her big budget Bollywood debut and from there onwards she has gone on to bag some good films for herself, a few of them being Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW), opposite John Abraham; Made in China, opposite Rajkummar Rao and Brahmastra, opposite Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Amitabh Bachchan.
In the fantasy trilogy Brahmastra, Mouni is pitted against Ranbir and Alia. Her part in popular show Naagin helped her bag this role. She is playing the main villain in the film. She is really looking forward to it. What is more liberating for her is playing different characters that challenge her. She was surprised initially that they wanted her to play the villain. Ayan Mukerji (director) had seen something from Naagin and felt she could play the villain. So you never know what clicks with whom. As an actor, you should be willing to experiment and be versatile otherwise you can't learn and grow. Recently, Mouni also opted out of Bole Chudiyan, opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Brahmastra actress Mouni Roy, for your information, shot to fame with the television serial Naagin, and she is going places in Bollywood. After being noticed in Akshay Kumar's Gold last year, she will be playing the villain in Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra which is a sci-fi drama. On the work front, Mouni was last seen in Romeo Akbar Walter, which starred John Abraham.
The Ayan Mukerji film also has Amitabh Bachchan in a pivotal role. The logo of the film was unveiled during Kumbh Mela.
When Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were shooting for Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra in Varanasi, they visited the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple to seek blessings. A picture of the two posing with fans outside the temple is being widely shared by fan clubs on Twitter and Instagram. Ranbir Kapoor’s fan even went to the extent of touching his feet in Varanasi. Ranbir was heavily trolled after fan met him and then touched his feet.
In the video, Ranbir is seen greeting a fan who had come to meet the star with gifts including chocolates. The fan, on meeting Ranbir, touches his feet. After greeting him, Ranbir moves towards the seating area in the hotel and sits on the sofa. The unnamed fan follows the actor and sits by him, but on the floor while the two constantly chat. This video has not gone down well with many netizens, who are angry that Ranbir didn’t even offer a seat to his fan. A user wrote if Ranbir thought he was God while others called him rude.
Some time ago, Ranbir and Ali were spotted at Ramnagar Fort and Chet Singh Fort in Varanasi. In one of the pictures, Alia was seen wearing a white kurta with a red scarf wrapped around her wrist. Ranbir was in an all-black combination. They stood inside what looked like a temple as a deity’s idol could be seen in the background.
The film was supposed to hit the theatres this December, however, the VFX team needed more time to work on the film and hence, the release date has been shifted to next year.
Touted as director Ayan Mukerji's most ambitious project ever, Ranbir plays a DJ who walks out of his house against his father's wishes. The story then traces his journey as he tries to fulfil his dreams and discovers his superpowers in the process. Every character in the film possesses superpowers, with Kapoor's character believed to have the power to unleash fire from his palms. The actor has also reportedly undergone rigourous training in various forms of martial arts for the role. It apparently has some high octane action sequences. Ranbir trained in traditional Indian martial arts, including Kalaripayattu and Varma Kalai, before the film went on floors in 2017.

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