In his recent media interaction, filmmaker Ayan Mukerji addressed all fan theories surrounding Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt-starrer ‘Brahmastra’. He also opened up about Shah Rukh Khan’s cameo in the movie, which has become one of the highlights of the fantasy drama. Shah plays the role of Mohan Bhargav, a scientist who wields the ‘vanarastra’.
Comparing Shah Rukh to Iron Man, Ayan said, “if the audience looks closely at the scene featuring the actor in his high-tech lab, it will realise that the tone of that scene is different from that of the rest of the film, and a little bit Iron Man-like. We always thought vanarastra will always exist in the world of science, which is why we have shown him to be a scientist.”
Ayan added, “The tonality of that scene, because it’s a bit of an item sequence at the beginning of part one, is different from the tonality of the rest of the film. ‘Brahmastra’ has a romance between Shiva and Isha, it has some sincerity in its tonality. But Shah Rukh is kind of a hero, cracking jokes. So, I knew that that tonality is different, even when we were shooting it, we were like this is very exciting. We were also having fun while shooting that part as it was very playful.”
Addressing fan calls for a spin-off for Shah Rukh’s character, Ayan teased that the spin-off might tell the origin story of the scientist. He said, “Before the fans were saying it, we were also saying that ourselves. When we were shooting the sequence in 2019, we were also saying on sets. As we discovered the personality of the scientist, we said, ‘Yaar, we have do stuff. We have to do the origin story of the scientist!'”
‘Brahmastra: Part 1 Shiva’ also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nagarjuna, and Mouni Roy. Ayan has plans to make two more films in the franchise. There is also a much-loved cameo by Deepika Padukone in the film.
