Bollywood Filmmaker Karan Johar opens up about ‘Marvel-ous’ universe of Astras in an event recently

Exploring the very rare theme of Indian mythology, Brahmastra is a fantasy adventure movie that seems to be receiving wonderful response from the audiences. Amidst Bollywood movies facing several challenges to earn box office collections, the Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt starrer has been doing good. During an event recently held by FICCI, filmmaker Karan Johar, who produced the huge-budget, VFX-heavy movie, spoke about it and also opened up about how big the subject is.

In the event od FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) event, Karan Johar broached the topic of Astras, wherein he described that the film has explored so many Astras like the Nandiastra, Vanastra, Jalastra and how considering how vast the description of each one of them is, it can make an entire universe in itself. Speaking about Brahmastra, filmmaker Karan Johar stated,”Each Astra can be a massive movie and a franchise itself. Can you imagine what this one movie can really do if we make the right move in the future? It is in fact a creator of a ‘Marvel’ous universe.”

While he elaborated on how large each of these concepts can be created, he also referred to the famous Marvel Universe. The universe of Marvel characters is considered one of the biggest comic franchises across the world.

Coming to Brahmastra, the movie featured Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in the lead role along with Amitabh Bachchan, Nagarjuna, Mouni Roy in pivotal characters. Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the first part of the trilogy, Brahmastra Part One released after seven years since it was announced. The movie hit the big screens on September 9 in three languages which includes Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.