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Ranbir Kapoor Plays With Fire Behind-The-Scenes Of ‘Brahmastra’: Filmmaker Ayan Mukerji Shares An Early Look Test Photo

Darpan News Desk IANS, 12 Mar, 2019 09:19 PM

    Director and writer Ayan Mukerji’s upcoming fantasy film ‘Brahmastra’ has become the talk of the town. The director shared a picture of Ranbir Kapoor which went viral in seconds.

     

    Ayan has recently become a part of the Instagram family. Actress Alia Bhatt who is also starring in the sci-fi film insisted upon the director to join the social media platform.

     

    Ayan shared two pictures with his 83, 000 followers.

     

    He wrote: “magic. #brahmastra #agni #shivadiaries”.

     
     
     
     
     
     

    In the first picture, Ranbir can be seen wearing a vest and has in front of him a glowing orb. The second picture is a concept art that shows what the shot might look like in the final film.

     

    On Sunday, Ayan shared another picture of Ranbir where he has long hair.

     

    Earlier, Ranbir was going to be named ‘Rumi’ back when the movie was named ‘Dragon’.

     

    Ayan wrote: “Rumi. First, he was Rumi. Rumi with long hair. This image is from an early look test for the movie. Rumi said, ‘Love is the bridge between you and everything...’, and that feeling is the foundation we started building the protagonist of this movie on... But then, there was new inspiration, newer thoughts... Dragon became Brahmāstra, we gave Ranbir a haircut, and Rumi became... Shiva. #brahmastra #shivadiaries #memories #creativeprocess #evolving”.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    magic. #brahmastra #agni #shivadiaries

    A post shared by Ayan Mukerji (@ayan_mukerji) on Mar 11, 2019 at 7:20am PDT

     
     
     

    It was recently announced that Ranbir will play a man with special powers. He is named Shiva while Alia’s name is Isha.

     

    Ranbir and Alia will be sharing the screen space for the first-time-ever in the fantasy drama.

     

    The shooting of the film has been done around the globe, in countries like Bulgaria, New York, and in Mumbai, among other places.

     

    Apart from Ranbir and Alia, the film also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy and Tollywood actor Nagarjuna.

     

    ‘Brahmastra’ is the first part of a sci-fi trilogy. The movie is scheduled to release around Christmas this year.

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