Ayan explains different ‘astras’ in Brahmastra

Alia Bhatt, Karan Johar and Ayan Mukerji took to ‘Instagram’ to share some fresh visuals of the different ‘astras’ (weapons) featured in their upcoming film ‘Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva’. In the almost four-minute-long video with impressive VFX shots, Ayan can be seen introducing and dissecting the various ‘astras’ that are part of the upcoming film that releases in theatres on September 9.

“While ‘Brahmastra’ is a work of fiction, I have attempted to celebrate Indian spirituality, in my way, through this movie. On this very auspicious day of Guru Purnima, I wanted to share a little more in-depth about the concept of ‘Brahmastra’ - a movie through which I found myself transforming into a foreverstudent of the infinite wisdom that exists in our ancient Indian roots. Hope you guys enjoy our imagination,” Ayan wrote on ‘Instagram’.

Talking about the ‘concept of the Astraverse (a universe of ‘astras’) in the video, Ayan said, “‘Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva’ is the first movie of this Astraverse. It begins with an image from a mystical time in ancient India, where a group of sages is in deep mediation in the Himalayas. For their meditation, the sages are blessed with ‘The Light of the Universe’.” Ayan termed it the ‘the most powerful and most pure energy there is - Braham-shakti’.

He explained how from this ‘Braham-shakti’, ‘astras’ were born, which have within them all the different energies that are found in nature like ‘fire, wind, water, earth’. He called them ‘Jal (water) Astra, Pawan (wind) Astra and the Agni (fire) Astra’. He also talked about ‘astras’ that have within them the powers of different animals like the ‘Vanarastra’, ‘which can give to the person, who controls it the power of a Super Monkey’. He said the ‘Nandiastra’ has ‘within it the power and strength of a thousand bulls’. But there is one ‘Astra’, the last one to emerge from ‘The Light of the Universe’, ‘carrying its collective’, the ‘lord of all the others’, which the sages named after one of the most powerful weapons of Gods - the Brahmastra’.

“The sages vow to protect these ‘astras’ and as the guardians of the Brahmastra, they name themselves the ‘Brahmansh’, a secret society, which will exist amongst other men and do good for the world with the power of these ‘astras’.

‘I have attempted to celebrate Indian spirituality, in my way, through this movie,’ said the filmmaker