Director Ayan Mukerji is excited for his ambitious project Brahmastra, and hopes the film becomes “the biggest success of his career as well as of the film industry”.
“It’s the biggest project of my life. All my hopes are pinned on this film. I hope it becomes the biggest success... I am very excited about the cast but I hope the film gets even bigger than the cast.”
The cast — Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt — all came together “because of the story and theme of the film”, Ayan said.
Earlier tentatively titled Dragon, Brahmastra was renamed and announced by producer Karan Johar on the 75th birthday of megastar Bachchan on October 11.
Mukerji is however tight-lipped about his “dream project.
“I will not be able to give information right now but all I can say is, this film is a modern day film,” he said. “It is set in India as it exists today but the name of the film is called Brahmastra because the energy, wisdom and powers in the film come from ancient India.
“As far as costumes are concerned, there are some which may not be the way you would expect them to be”.
On working for the first time with Bachchan, he said: “It’s a great honour for me as it would be for any filmmaker to be working with him, in his 75th year especially. Ever since this film was conceptualised, I wanted to approach him for the film and make this film with him. So I am very happy that he is part of team Brahmastra.”
The film will be part of a trilogy and is scheduled for release on August 15, 2019.
Johar’s Dharma Productions will collaborate with Fox Star Studios and Namit Malhotra, CEO of Prime Focus.
