“Continue shooting” for ‘Brahmastra’, just to be clear!
Nagarjuna, the Telugu superstar, tweeted and shared the following pictures of his last day shooting for ‘Brahmastra’.
The film’s title was announced in late 2017 and started filming in 2018. According to Ranbir, his bestie Ayan spent 6 years developing the story of ‘Brahmastra’ into an original film. It is supposed to be a trilogy that would be made over a period of 10 years. Maybe RK misunderstood because they took almost this long to make the first one! Probably by now, RK to Ayan be like:
Whether or not the sequels will happen is going to depend on the success of the film when it’s released. Since it already took almost 4 years to make the first part, it might take more to make the sequels. The good thing is, money might not be an issue anymore since Dharma Productions has partnered with the famous Lyca Productions, but again it all depends on how ‘Brahmastra’s performance at the box office.
Initially, the film was supposed to release in 2019 but got delayed to 2020 and when the pandemic and lockdown happened, the release date moved to 2021. The team has been to Bulgaria, Kashmir, London, New York and Varanasi. Ayan went to Israel at the end of 2017 with Ranbir because he was interested to shoot portions of the film at the Israel-Jordan border. Since it is not officially mentioned that they shot there, the location was used for something else:
Initially when Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt started dating each other they were sure that they don’t want their relationship to be public as at that time even they were not sure where their relationship will head. To escape the eyes of the media, the duo decided to spend time away from India. Ranbir and Alia used to spend their time in an Island called Tel Aviv which is in Israel. The place was best suited for them as the Isalnd is the second most populous city in Israel which means less number of people and less risk of people finding about their relationship. – FPJ
The above quote happened around the same time that Alia ex-bestie asked her to keep an eye on her ex-bf! Those following blind items around that time would remember. Maybe Aloo has trouble hearing so she thought her ex-bestie wanted her to keep her ex-bf. But think about it, isn’t that a story that romantic movies are made of? Keeping an eye on someone and eventually in the process, ending up falling in love with the target (allegedly!)! Isn’t that the story of the first season of ‘Homeland’?
Obviously, they will never come out with this angle since there are just so many holes in it. It’s best to forget the exes part!
The president of India even paid a visit to the team when they were shooting in Bulgaria.
Reportedly, Alia and Ranbir are not charging extra to shoot for the film but RK is going to add a new clause in his contract that states he will have to be paid more if the shooting of his film gets delayed. It’s smart but also kind of strange because he used to say money doesn’t matter to him, he just loves acting and making movies!
Probably in recent times, RK is the only actor whose films have taken years to shoot. With that in mind, it will be fun to see how they maintain his look in the film since he has changed physically in the past six years. He shot for 2 films in between this one and just like they had to use CGI or VFX on his close-up at the end of ‘Jagga Jasoos’, maybe they will have to do something to maintain the continuity of this film. This time, it’s not just him but Alia as well.
You can see here how they had to trim the lower part of his face, don’t know if you can see it. He was building up for ‘Sanju’ at that time and had to shoot for the ending of JJ in between.
‘Brahmastra’ also features Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia and Mouni Roy in supporting roles. The film will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Are you still excited for ‘Brahmastra’?
