The campaign has already been running quite high for writer/director Ayan Mukerji’s upcoming fantasy thriller, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva. The film has several posters and motion images touting its upcoming multilingual Indian premiere this September 9 since late last year, and word now via buzz over at CinemaCon notes that Disney will share a stake on the same date for its release in the U.S. and Canada.
Billed as India’s first original cinematic universe with a trilogy currently in the planning stages, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva stars Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna Akkineni, and is produced by Fox Star Studios, Dharma Productions, Prime Focus and Starlight Pictures. The film will release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
Here’s more on the film from Deadline‘s Nancy Tartaglione:
The setup involves a secret society, the Brahmānsh, who, generation after generation, have protected many divine “Astras” (weapons) that were created in ancient India, and safe-guarded from the eyes of the world. The most powerful and the most deadly amongst these divine weapons, the Brahmāstra, is now waking up and threatens to destroy the universe we know today.
Part one of the planned trilogy centers on Shiva (Kapoor), a young man on the brink of an epic love story with Isha (Bhatt). But their world is turned upside down when Shiva learns he has a mysterious connection to the Brahmāstra, and a great power within him that he doesn’t understand just yet — the power of fire. The story follows Shiva as he journeys into the world of Astras and discovers his destiny as the Divine Hero of the universe.
