“Alia Bhatt Grew Up With Brahmastra”- Karan Johar On The Actress’s Dedication To The Film
The upcoming Bollywood film Brahmastra has been on everyone’s watch list ever since it was announced. With a fresh star cast of Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor in the lead, a superhit filmmaker like Ayan Mukerji and Karan Johar, it is bound to be a tempting treat. The film’s making even ended up bringing the lead pair to fall in love in real life. Talking about his observation on the film, producer Karan Johar said, “You can just write on the fact that there's a boy (Ayan Mukerji) who's worked for seven years, every day of his life. Literally, I've seen with my own eyes – the blood, sweat and tears, every single day. That boy has relentlessly just worked on this movie, discovered so much. I've just seen his passion. He has had actors that have given him everything.”
Karan further praised Kapoor and Bhatt for their integrity saying, “Ranbir has given seven years. Alia has given seven years without questioning. Dates have got adjusted, schedules have moved, governments have changed, Brahmastra was still on. It was still on and there was that kid who has grown up. Alia grew up with Brahmastra. When she signed the film, she was 21 years old. I mean, she's 28 today and you know when the film is going to release, she'll be 29. She literally grew up in cinema. She came as a newbie to [become] a veteran actress now. It was not because it was being delayed for any indulgent reason, or something; it was just taking so long to match execution to vision.”
Johar signs off saying, “We just hope and pray literally every day that it matches, and none of us are in it for the money anymore. Because the Lord knows that even the film is a mega blockbuster. It's not that everyone is taking the fat cheque home, because all the money's in the film. But it's become like a passion project beyond passion.”
Brahmastra also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna Akkineni. The film is the first part of a planned trilogy. It will hit the big screens on 9th September 2022 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.