At a time when luring the audiences to theatres was becoming increasingly difficult for Bollywood, director Ayan Mukerji바카라s most ambitious film 바카라Brahmastra Part One: Shiva바카라 has achieved the feat renewing his faith that "big event" movies are the future of Indian cinema.
At a time when luring the audiences to theatres was becoming increasingly difficult for Bollywood, director Ayan Mukerji바카라s most ambitious film 바카라Brahmastra Part One: Shiva바카라 has achieved the feat renewing his faith that "big event" movies are the future of Indian cinema.
The fantasy action adventure epic starring real-life couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt has crossed Rs 225 crore in worldwide gross box office collections since its release on September 9.
One of the most expensive Indian films said to be mounted on a budget north of Rs 400 crore, 바카라Brahmastra Part One: Shiva바카라 serves as the first installment of a planned trilogy of the Indian cinematic universe titled 'Astraverse'.
According to Mukerji, the audience today looks forward to having a cinematic experience in theatres, which he believes only juggernaut multi-starrers can offer.
"Around the time when I decided to embark on making a film like 바카라Brahmastra바카라 years ago, there was a trend to come in and watch stuff on the bigger screen. With the advent of technology, audiences want that big screen experience.
"The reason you come out to watch a film on the big screen is that it should offer you something that is big screen worthy. And what is big screen worthy is giving big screen visuals,바카라 the 39-year-old director told PTI in an interview here.
This has been the tendency globally for the last 15 years, added Mukerji, an admirer of Hollywood tentpole blockbusters like "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and several superhero films from Marvel Studios.
This year, the Indian exhibition sector itself has witnessed the phenomenal box office success of lavishly mounted south Indian films such as 바카라KGF: Chapter 2바카라 starring Yash, SS Rajamouli바카라s 바카라RRR바카라, and Kamal Haasan's 바카라Vikram바카라.
바카라Slowly, many more bigger event films will be the leaders of the box office in India, not to say that the smaller films won바카라t do well,바카라 the director, known for making coming-of-age drama 바카라Wake Up Sid바카라 and rom-com 바카라Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani바카라, added.
바카라Brahmastra바카라 follows a DJ named Shiva (Ranbir), who sets out on a journey to find the origins of his special powers with Isha (Alia), a woman he falls in love with at first sight. Amitabh Bachchan features as Guruji, Shiva바카라s mentor.
The film has also managed to give hope to Bollywood, which is reeling under the poor performance of star vehicles such as the Akshay Kumar-starrer "Prithviraj", "Laal Singh Chaddha" headlined by Aamir Khan, and lead actor Ranbir's last release 바카라Shamshera바카라.
But there were Friday jitters for Mukerji, who said the pressure to deliver on the promise of larger-than-life cinema, which combined ancient Hindu mythology and avant garde visual effects, rose by a notch before the release.
바카라We may think it바카라s a big film and has got all the ingredients, sometimes the audience may not feel that way. I was making this cinematic spectacle, using visual effects, with a little Indianism running through it.
바카라The pressure went up so much. It was a bigger film and recently Hindi films have not done well unfortunately. So, there was a lot of pressure as to what is going to happen with Hindi films,바카라 he recalled
Mukerji said he is happy his film has given a ray of hope to the Hindi film industry.
바카라So much has happened last weekend. I felt a sense of relief that people came out to watch the film. I feel proud in a humble way because 바카라Brahmastra바카라 has become that film that has given a feeling of hope.
바카라Movie goers will thrive if you give them what they want. There are some things they like, and then there are some, they don바카라t like. Cinema is a commercial art form (but) it is still an art form.바카라
But, it was a different environment in the weeks preceding the film's release. Amid boycott calls on social media, 바카라Brahmastra" had found itself at the centre of a controversy over Ranbir바카라s old statement on beef following which he and Alia were prevented from entering Ujjain바카라s Mahakal temple.
Mukerji said he was surrounded with 바카라positivity바카라, which emanated from his peers and cinephiles.
바카라I have only focused on the positive. It is part of our philosophy too. Like how you feel on the inside and the lens with which you see life is what you seek,바카라 he added.
While the film appears to be doing good numbers at the ticket window, the filmmaker is aware the praise for "Brahmastra" is not unanimous.
He has read a few reviews where people are critical about the film's story and dialogues.
"I have been hearing about it. I have to understand it deeply. My thought is to take all that on board for the next film," he added.
Mukerji previously described "Brahmastra" as "one of the longer pregnancies" that a director can have with a movie. His last film was "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" which was released nine years ago.
Before he begins work on the sequel, titled 바카라Brahmastra Part Two: Dev바카라, he will go on a break.
Mukerji also promised fans will not have to wait too long to watch the two follow-up parts in the 'Astraverse'. His ambition is to release the second part by 2025 and the untitled last chapter will come out by 2026.
바카라Everything we set up in part one will make sense by the time you see part three. The entire trilogy is integrated in a beautiful way but some essence of certain themes like love will still come back in a critical way,바카라 he added.
Also starring Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna and Shah Rukh Khan in an extended cameo, 바카라Brahmastra바카라 is produced by Star Studios and Dharma Productions.
Rajamouli presents 바카라Brahmastra Part One: Shiva바카라 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.