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Monday, April 22, 2024
Tabuji and Aliaji won the best actress award in 2023 for the films Bhoolbhulaiya 2 and Gangubai films.
Tabooji won best actress award in filmfare award for film Bhoolbhulaiya 2 and Alia Bhattji won filmfare award for Gangubai film.After much drama over who’s attending and not attending the 68th annual Filmfare Awards, the ceremony concluded in grand fashion in Mumbai on Thursday night, and winners proudly posed with the black lady (the trophy) in their hands.
The glamorous night kicked-off with Alia Bhatt, Anil Kapoor, Rekha, Janhvi Kapoor, Nora Fatehi, Vicky Kaushal and several others walking the red carpet. Salman Khan hosted the event, along with Ayushmann Khurrana and Maniesh Paul. Electrifying dance performances by Vicky Kaushal, Tiger Shroff, Janhvi Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez were the major highlight of the starry night. The awards function was conducted at the Jio World Convention Centre in BKC, Mumbai.
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Alia Bhatt won the coveted Best Actor (female) award and her film Gangubai Kathiawadi was declared the best film. Sanjay Leela Bhansali completed the sweep and won the Best Director award.
Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao and Sheeba Chaddha won critics’ choice awards for Badhaai Do and the social comedy-drama was also declared the Best Film (critics’ choice).
While Kartik Aaryan did not win an award for his highly successful film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, directed by Anees Bazmee, Tabu took home the Best Actress award (critics’ choice). What turned out to be a pleasant surprise is Sanjay Mishra winning the Best Actor (critics’ choice) award for his critically acclaimed film Vadh also starring Neena Gupta.
Brahmastra was a massive success at the box office, however, it did not take home any major trophies. However, it did win the best music album award, where as Amitabh Bhattacharya won the best lyrics awards for the film’s popular song “Kesariya” and Arijit Singh won the best playback singer (male) for the same song.
The awards recognised talent from Amitabh Bachchan’s Jhund, with Ankush Gedam winning the best debutant actor (male) award and Anek’s Andrea Kevichüsa winning the best debutant actor (female) award. Veteran actor Prem Chopra was honoured with the lifetime achievement award.
Here’s the full list of award winners:
Best Film: Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Film (Critics’): Badhaai Do
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Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Rajkummar Rao for Badhaai Do
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Actor (Critics’): Sanjay Mishra for Vadh
Best Actress (Critics’): Bhumi Pednekar for Badhaai Do and Tabu for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for Jug Jugg Jeeyo
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Sheeba Chaddha for Badhaai Do
Best Music Album: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Dialogue: Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Screenplay: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary and Harshavardhan Kulkarni for Badhaai Do
Best Story: Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary for Badhaai Do
Best Debut (Male): Ankush Gedam for Jhund
Best Debut (Female): Andrea Kevichüsa for Anek
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Tabooji and Alia Bhattji won filmfare best actress award in 2023 for Bhoolbhulaiya 2 and Gangubai film
Tabooji won best actress award in filmfare award for film Bhoolbhulaiya 2 and Alia Bhattji won filmfare award for Gangubai film.After much drama over who’s attending and not attending the 68th annual Filmfare Awards, the ceremony concluded in grand fashion in Mumbai on Thursday night, and winners proudly posed with the black lady (the trophy) in their hands.
The glamorous night kicked-off with Alia Bhatt, Anil Kapoor, Rekha, Janhvi Kapoor, Nora Fatehi, Vicky Kaushal and several others walking the red carpet. Salman Khan hosted the event, along with Ayushmann Khurrana and Maniesh Paul. Electrifying dance performances by Vicky Kaushal, Tiger Shroff, Janhvi Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez were the major highlight of the starry night. The awards function was conducted at the Jio World Convention Centre in BKC, Mumbai.
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Alia Bhatt won the coveted Best Actor (female) award and her film Gangubai Kathiawadi was declared the best film. Sanjay Leela Bhansali completed the sweep and won the Best Director award.
Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao and Sheeba Chaddha won critics’ choice awards for Badhaai Do and the social comedy-drama was also declared the Best Film (critics’ choice).
While Kartik Aaryan did not win an award for his highly successful film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, directed by Anees Bazmee, Tabu took home the Best Actress award (critics’ choice). What turned out to be a pleasant surprise is Sanjay Mishra winning the Best Actor (critics’ choice) award for his critically acclaimed film Vadh also starring Neena Gupta.
Brahmastra was a massive success at the box office, however, it did not take home any major trophies. However, it did win the best music album award, where as Amitabh Bhattacharya won the best lyrics awards for the film’s popular song “Kesariya” and Arijit Singh won the best playback singer (male) for the same song.
The awards recognised talent from Amitabh Bachchan’s Jhund, with Ankush Gedam winning the best debutant actor (male) award and Anek’s Andrea Kevichüsa winning the best debutant actor (female) award. Veteran actor Prem Chopra was honoured with the lifetime achievement award.
Here’s the full list of award winners:
Best Film: Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Film (Critics’): Badhaai Do
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Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Rajkummar Rao for Badhaai Do
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Actor (Critics’): Sanjay Mishra for Vadh
Best Actress (Critics’): Bhumi Pednekar for Badhaai Do and Tabu for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Anil Kapoor for Jug Jugg Jeeyo
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Sheeba Chaddha for Badhaai Do
Best Music Album: Pritam for Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva
Best Dialogue: Prakash Kapadia and Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Best Screenplay: Akshat Ghildial, Suman Adhikary and Harshavardhan Kulkarni for Badhaai Do
Best Story: Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary for Badhaai Do
Best Debut (Male): Ankush Gedam for Jhund
Best Debut (Female): Andrea Kevichüsa for Anek
Saturday, September 24, 2022
Ranbir Kapoor starrer Brahmastra with 250 crores business in India and 140 crores business abroad is heading towards greatest bollywood blockbuster of 2022
Ayan Mukherjee directed a fanstastic film Brahmastra. All the actors Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bacchan, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna and others did fabulous acting. Brahmastra did 250 crore business in 15 days and 140 crores business in foreign markets. It is heading towards greatest bollywood blockbuster of 2022. In ancient India, a group of sages in the Himalayas collide with the energy Brahm-shakti, which produces many celestial weapons of great power called astras. The strongest among them, the Brahmāstra, carries the capacity to destroy the world. The sages use their respective astras to control the Brahmāstra and become the Brahmānsh, a secret society to protect the world from the powers of astras.
In present-day Mumbai, Shiva a disc jockey, falls in love at first sight with Isha Chatterjee, a London resident who is visiting India for the Durga Puja festival at her grandfather's pandal. Soon, Isha reciprocates his feelings for her. Shiva tells her that he is an orphan who never knew his father, and his mother died in an accident when he was a baby. Meanwhile, in Delhi, Mohan Bhargav is attacked by Zor and Raftar for a piece of Brahmāstra he owns. Mohan manages to disguise it inside his Mayāstra before escaping by using the Vanārastra. When he returns to retrieve the piece, he is captured by Junoon, who works for the mysterious Dev. Under Junoon's possession, Mohan reveals that the second piece is protected by an artist and archaeologist named Anish Shetty in Kashi. The third piece is with Guru, the current leader of the Brahmānsh. Before he can reveal the location of Brahmānsh (Āshram), Mohan commits suicide.
Shiva sees a vision of Mohan's encounter with Junoon. He and Isha head for Kashi to warn and save Anish but are interrupted by Raftar, who now wields Vānarāstra. Anish defeats him using the Nandiāstra before escaping with Shiva and Isha. While going to Himachal Pradesh, where Āshram is located, they are chased by Junoon and Zor in a truck. Anish gives the second piece of the Brahmāstra to Shiva and stays to fight Junoon and Zor, only to be killed. Shiva and Isha are chased by Raftar to Āshram where Shiva kills him using the Agnyāstra after he tried to kill Isha. At Āshram, they learn about other astras and Shiva is forced to join Brahmānsh by Guru for the information of his parents. He meets other newly recruits Rani, Raveena, Sher and Tensing who are all trained by Guru on how to use their respective astras and Shiva also gains control over fire. As Junoon gets closes to them, Guru reveals that Shiva is the son of former Brahmānsh members, Dev and Amrita. Dev actually awoke the Brahmāstra as he was the only person, who was able to control multiple astrās at once.
Amrita (pregnant with Dev's child), who wielded the Jalāstra defeated him in a battle on a remote island and both of them seemingly perished from the battle. Amrita's boat was found in the ruins of the battle, brought back from the island, with two broken pieces of the Brahmāstra. The pieces of the Brahmastra were given to both Mohan and Anish. The third piece was believed to be missing, with Amrita concluding that they both survived. The third piece of the Brahmāstra is in Amrita's Mayāstra disguised into a conch shell which Shiva unknowingly releases it after his blood drops on the conch. Junoon and her army arrive at Āshram for Brahmāstra and hostages everyone. Shiva defeats Junoon while also killing Roz, who wielded Nandi Astra and releases everyone. But Junoon managed to take the third piece from Isha. She seemingly sacrificed herself to activate Brahmāstra. The destruction starts to begin but Shiva gains control over the Brahmāstra with the 'power of love', reuniting with Isha.
Before the credits, due to Junoon having activated the Brahmāstra, Dev, who was imprisoned as a statue on an unknown island, is released.
Cast
Amitabh Bachchan as Raghu, the current leader of the Brahmānsh, Guru of recruited members and wields the Prabhāstra.
Ranbir Kapoor as Shiva, an orphan and newly recruit member of the Brahmānsh, who possesses the power of the Agnyastra, (the astra of fire) within himself.
Nivaan Gupta as baby Shiva
Alia Bhatt as Isha Chatterjee, an OCI from London who is Shiva's love interest.
Mouni Roy as Junoon, who aims to revive the Brahmāstra and release Dev.
Nagarjuna Akkineni as Anish Shetty, an artist and an archaeologist who is a member of the Brahmānsh and wielded the Nandi Astra.
Saurav Gurjar as Zor, a henchman of Junoon.[12]
Rohollah Ghazi as Raftaar, a henchman of Junoon.
Aditi Joshi as Rani, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh.
Lehar Khan as Raveena, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh who wields the Gajāstra.
Gurfateh Pirzada as Sher, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh who wields the Nāg Dhanush[13]
Stanzin Denek as Tensing, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh who wielded the Pawanāstra.
Dimple Kapadia as unnamed member of Brahmānsh.
Saqib Ayub as Ali, Shiva's friend.
Chaitnya Sharma as Tiger, Shiva's friend.
Rashi Mal as Shaina, Isha's cousin.[14][15][16]
Shah Rukh Khan as Mohan Bhargav, a scientist and a member of the Brahmānsh who wielded Vanarāstra.[17] The name of the character is a nod to Khan's character in the 2004 film Swades.[18]
Deepika Padukone as Amrita, Shiva's mother and a former member of the Brahmānsh who wielded Jalāstra (uncredited appearance)[19]
Rohan Rustomji as Sunny, Isha's cousin.
Farida Dadi as Aunty, Shiva's landlady.
Riyaaz Makaney as Dadaji, Isha's grandfather.
Production
Development
The idea of Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva first came to Mukerji in 2011 while writing the script for his second film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.[20] Mukerji first announced that he was working on a new project in July 2014.[21] At the time, the film was titled Dragon.[22] In October 2017, Brahmāstra was officially announced by producer Karan Johar. Mukerji was signed as the director while Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were set to star. Initially, the film's title was rumoured to be Dragon but was later confirmed as Brahmāstra. Mukerji explained that the title Brahmāstra "resonates with the ancient wisdom, energies and power."[23] Mukerji also revealed that it is a "contemporary film with ancient elements."[24] In 2017, Johar revealed his plan to make the film into a film trilogy.[25][26] The preparation for the film started in January 2018.[27]
In an interview, Kapoor stated that Mukerji "has spent six years of his life working really hard to make an original story" and that the trilogy would be made over a period of 10 years[28] and refuted rumours suggesting that it is a romantic superhero film. Instead, Kapoor confirmed that the film is a "romantic-fairytale in a supernatural format". and that the film is not something which "doesn't have truth to it, or which is unbelievable".[28] Nagarjuna Akkineni also confirmed that he would be playing a "pivotal" role.[29] Mouni Roy revealed in an interview that she is the "only antagonist" in the film.[30][31]
In June 2022, Mukerji announced the film would be a part of a trilogy franchise – serving as the first instalment – under the Astraverse, a cinematic universe centered around various mystical astras.[32][33] In August 2022, Roy confirmed Shah Rukh Khan had a cameo appearance in the film.[34]
Pre production
Ayan Mukherjee started work nine years before the theatrical release. Pre-production work started in 2014, filming began in 2017.[35] In February 2018 Amitabh Bachchan, Kapoor did look tests in the presence of Mukerji.[36]
Themes
In July 2022, a video was released featuring Mukerji explaining the mystical universe of various astras.[37] He explained how from the Brahm-Shakti, astras were born, which compose all the different energies that are found in nature like Jalāstra (water), Pawanāstra (wind), and Agnyastra (fire). He also talked about astras that store the powers of different animals like the Vanarāstra, which can give the power of a "divine" monkey to the person who controls it, and the Nandiāstra, which contains the power and strength of a thousand bulls, within itself. The last āstra to emerge from the universe, carrying the collective power of the Brahm-Shakti – called the "lord of all the āstras" – is explained to be one of the most powerful celestial weapons of gods (or Devas) in Hindu mythology, the Brahmāstra.[38] Mukerji stated that the core idea was inspired by stories of Hindu mythology he heard in his childhood from his grandfather.[39]
Characters
Mukerji revealed that the inspiration behind actor Kapoor's character came from Rumi who also inspired the first look of his character. Mukerji also drew inspiration from Rumi's work: "love is the bridge between you and everything", to build the foundation of the film. Later, he revealed that the Rumi-inspired look was scrapped and Kapoor had gotten a haircut instead.[40] Kapoor revealed his experience with look tests for the film, expressing that it is a "tedious job: sticking, removing applying, de-applying, and applying again, until some decision is reached".[41]
Filming
Principal photography began in February 2018 with the commencement of the first schedule of the film on 24 February 2018. The first schedule of the film was wrapped up in Bulgaria on 24 March 2018.[42] The second schedule of filming continued in said country and then London on 8 July 2018,[43] in New York in late July,[44] and then back in Bulgaria by the end of the month.[45][46] Extensive shooting started on 1 February 2019 at Edinburgh, Scotland.[47] The 20-day schedule started in the Ramnagar Fort and Chet Singh Fort in Varanasi on 30 July 2019.[48] The filming was halted in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[49] and later resumed in November 2020.[50][51] Filming wrapped up on 29 March 2022 in Varanasi.[52] After S. S. Rajamouli's father, K.V. Vijayendra Prasad, proposed some changes in the film to Mukerji, reshoots were conducted for four days.[53]
With a production budget of ₹410 crore (US$51 million), the film is one of the most expensive Indian films and the most expensive Hindi film ever at the time of its release.[7]
Post-production
In the post-production, it is estimated that 150 crore Indian rupees spent on VFX by makers.[54] The VFX work of this film is done by DNEG- Prime focus company. Editing was supervised by Prakash Kurup. Jam8 music and sound design studio lead by Pritam provided sound effects. VFX studio DNEG and ReDefine's foreign team created visual effects. Chiranjeevi gave the voice-over for the Telugu version.[55] Ranbir and Alia Bhatt did their dubbing portion in September 2020 in a studio in Bandra.[56]
Music
Main article: Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (soundtrack)
The film score is composed by English composer Simon Franglen[57] while the soundtrack score is composed and written by Pritam and produced and mixed by British musician Steel Banglez,[58] with songs written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The music album is set to release officially on October 5th, on the occasion of Dussehra
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Ranbir Kapoor Alia Bhatt starrer Brahmastra did 200 crore business in 9 days and heading towards greatest bollywood blockbuster in 2022
Ayan Mukherjee directed a fanstastic film Brahmastra. All the actors Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bacchan, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna and others did fabulous acting. Brahmastra did 200 crore business in 9 days and 120 crores business in foreign markets. It is heading towards greatest bollywood blockbuster of 2022. In ancient India, a group of sages in the Himalayas collide with the energy Brahm-shakti, which produces many celestial weapons of great power called astras. The strongest among them, the Brahmāstra, carries the capacity to destroy the world. The sages use their respective astras to control the Brahmāstra and become the Brahmānsh, a secret society to protect the world from the powers of astras.
In present-day Mumbai, Shiva a disc jockey, falls in love at first sight with Isha Chatterjee, a London resident who is visiting India for the Durga Puja festival at her grandfather's pandal. Soon, Isha reciprocates his feelings for her. Shiva tells her that he is an orphan who never knew his father, and his mother died in an accident when he was a baby. Meanwhile, in Delhi, Mohan Bhargav is attacked by Zor and Raftar for a piece of Brahmāstra he owns. Mohan manages to disguise it inside his Mayāstra before escaping by using the Vanārastra. When he returns to retrieve the piece, he is captured by Junoon, who works for the mysterious Dev. Under Junoon's possession, Mohan reveals that the second piece is protected by an artist and archaeologist named Anish Shetty in Kashi. The third piece is with Guru, the current leader of the Brahmānsh. Before he can reveal the location of Brahmānsh (Āshram), Mohan commits suicide.
Shiva sees a vision of Mohan's encounter with Junoon. He and Isha head for Kashi to warn and save Anish but are interrupted by Raftar, who now wields Vānarāstra. Anish defeats him using the Nandiāstra before escaping with Shiva and Isha. While going to Himachal Pradesh, where Āshram is located, they are chased by Junoon and Zor in a truck. Anish gives the second piece of the Brahmāstra to Shiva and stays to fight Junoon and Zor, only to be killed. Shiva and Isha are chased by Raftar to Āshram where Shiva kills him using the Agnyāstra after he tried to kill Isha. At Āshram, they learn about other astras and Shiva is forced to join Brahmānsh by Guru for the information of his parents. He meets other newly recruits Rani, Raveena, Sher and Tensing who are all trained by Guru on how to use their respective astras and Shiva also gains control over fire. As Junoon gets closes to them, Guru reveals that Shiva is the son of former Brahmānsh members, Dev and Amrita. Dev actually awoke the Brahmāstra as he was the only person, who was able to control multiple astrās at once.
Amrita (pregnant with Dev's child), who wielded the Jalāstra defeated him in a battle on a remote island and both of them seemingly perished from the battle. Amrita's boat was found in the ruins of the battle, brought back from the island, with two broken pieces of the Brahmāstra. The pieces of the Brahmastra were given to both Mohan and Anish. The third piece was believed to be missing, with Amrita concluding that they both survived. The third piece of the Brahmāstra is in Amrita's Mayāstra disguised into a conch shell which Shiva unknowingly releases it after his blood drops on the conch. Junoon and her army arrive at Āshram for Brahmāstra and hostages everyone. Shiva defeats Junoon while also killing Roz, who wielded Nandi Astra and releases everyone. But Junoon managed to take the third piece from Isha. She seemingly sacrificed herself to activate Brahmāstra. The destruction starts to begin but Shiva gains control over the Brahmāstra with the 'power of love', reuniting with Isha.
Before the credits, due to Junoon having activated the Brahmāstra, Dev, who was imprisoned as a statue on an unknown island, is released.
Cast
Amitabh Bachchan as Raghu, the current leader of the Brahmānsh, Guru of recruited members and wields the Prabhāstra.
Ranbir Kapoor as Shiva, an orphan and newly recruit member of the Brahmānsh, who possesses the power of the Agnyastra, (the astra of fire) within himself.
Nivaan Gupta as baby Shiva
Alia Bhatt as Isha Chatterjee, an OCI from London who is Shiva's love interest.
Mouni Roy as Junoon, who aims to revive the Brahmāstra and release Dev.
Nagarjuna Akkineni as Anish Shetty, an artist and an archaeologist who is a member of the Brahmānsh and wielded the Nandi Astra.
Saurav Gurjar as Zor, a henchman of Junoon.[12]
Rohollah Ghazi as Raftaar, a henchman of Junoon.
Aditi Joshi as Rani, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh.
Lehar Khan as Raveena, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh who wields the Gajāstra.
Gurfateh Pirzada as Sher, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh who wields the Nāg Dhanush[13]
Stanzin Denek as Tensing, a newly recruit of Brahmānsh who wielded the Pawanāstra.
Dimple Kapadia as unnamed member of Brahmānsh.
Saqib Ayub as Ali, Shiva's friend.
Chaitnya Sharma as Tiger, Shiva's friend.
Rashi Mal as Shaina, Isha's cousin.[14][15][16]
Shah Rukh Khan as Mohan Bhargav, a scientist and a member of the Brahmānsh who wielded Vanarāstra.[17] The name of the character is a nod to Khan's character in the 2004 film Swades.[18]
Deepika Padukone as Amrita, Shiva's mother and a former member of the Brahmānsh who wielded Jalāstra (uncredited appearance)[19]
Rohan Rustomji as Sunny, Isha's cousin.
Farida Dadi as Aunty, Shiva's landlady.
Riyaaz Makaney as Dadaji, Isha's grandfather.
Production
Development
The idea of Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva first came to Mukerji in 2011 while writing the script for his second film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.[20] Mukerji first announced that he was working on a new project in July 2014.[21] At the time, the film was titled Dragon.[22] In October 2017, Brahmāstra was officially announced by producer Karan Johar. Mukerji was signed as the director while Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were set to star. Initially, the film's title was rumoured to be Dragon but was later confirmed as Brahmāstra. Mukerji explained that the title Brahmāstra "resonates with the ancient wisdom, energies and power."[23] Mukerji also revealed that it is a "contemporary film with ancient elements."[24] In 2017, Johar revealed his plan to make the film into a film trilogy.[25][26] The preparation for the film started in January 2018.[27]
In an interview, Kapoor stated that Mukerji "has spent six years of his life working really hard to make an original story" and that the trilogy would be made over a period of 10 years[28] and refuted rumours suggesting that it is a romantic superhero film. Instead, Kapoor confirmed that the film is a "romantic-fairytale in a supernatural format". and that the film is not something which "doesn't have truth to it, or which is unbelievable".[28] Nagarjuna Akkineni also confirmed that he would be playing a "pivotal" role.[29] Mouni Roy revealed in an interview that she is the "only antagonist" in the film.[30][31]
In June 2022, Mukerji announced the film would be a part of a trilogy franchise – serving as the first instalment – under the Astraverse, a cinematic universe centered around various mystical astras.[32][33] In August 2022, Roy confirmed Shah Rukh Khan had a cameo appearance in the film.[34]
Pre production
Ayan Mukherjee started work nine years before the theatrical release. Pre-production work started in 2014, filming began in 2017.[35] In February 2018 Amitabh Bachchan, Kapoor did look tests in the presence of Mukerji.[36]
Themes
In July 2022, a video was released featuring Mukerji explaining the mystical universe of various astras.[37] He explained how from the Brahm-Shakti, astras were born, which compose all the different energies that are found in nature like Jalāstra (water), Pawanāstra (wind), and Agnyastra (fire). He also talked about astras that store the powers of different animals like the Vanarāstra, which can give the power of a "divine" monkey to the person who controls it, and the Nandiāstra, which contains the power and strength of a thousand bulls, within itself. The last āstra to emerge from the universe, carrying the collective power of the Brahm-Shakti – called the "lord of all the āstras" – is explained to be one of the most powerful celestial weapons of gods (or Devas) in Hindu mythology, the Brahmāstra.[38] Mukerji stated that the core idea was inspired by stories of Hindu mythology he heard in his childhood from his grandfather.[39]
Characters
Mukerji revealed that the inspiration behind actor Kapoor's character came from Rumi who also inspired the first look of his character. Mukerji also drew inspiration from Rumi's work: "love is the bridge between you and everything", to build the foundation of the film. Later, he revealed that the Rumi-inspired look was scrapped and Kapoor had gotten a haircut instead.[40] Kapoor revealed his experience with look tests for the film, expressing that it is a "tedious job: sticking, removing applying, de-applying, and applying again, until some decision is reached".[41]
Filming
Principal photography began in February 2018 with the commencement of the first schedule of the film on 24 February 2018. The first schedule of the film was wrapped up in Bulgaria on 24 March 2018.[42] The second schedule of filming continued in said country and then London on 8 July 2018,[43] in New York in late July,[44] and then back in Bulgaria by the end of the month.[45][46] Extensive shooting started on 1 February 2019 at Edinburgh, Scotland.[47] The 20-day schedule started in the Ramnagar Fort and Chet Singh Fort in Varanasi on 30 July 2019.[48] The filming was halted in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[49] and later resumed in November 2020.[50][51] Filming wrapped up on 29 March 2022 in Varanasi.[52] After S. S. Rajamouli's father, K.V. Vijayendra Prasad, proposed some changes in the film to Mukerji, reshoots were conducted for four days.[53]
With a production budget of ₹410 crore (US$51 million), the film is one of the most expensive Indian films and the most expensive Hindi film ever at the time of its release.[7]
Post-production
In the post-production, it is estimated that 150 crore Indian rupees spent on VFX by makers.[54] The VFX work of this film is done by DNEG- Prime focus company. Editing was supervised by Prakash Kurup. Jam8 music and sound design studio lead by Pritam provided sound effects. VFX studio DNEG and ReDefine's foreign team created visual effects. Chiranjeevi gave the voice-over for the Telugu version.[55] Ranbir and Alia Bhatt did their dubbing portion in September 2020 in a studio in Bandra.[56]
Music
Main article: Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (soundtrack)
The film score is composed by English composer Simon Franglen[57] while the soundtrack score is composed and written by Pritam and produced and mixed by British musician Steel Banglez,[58] with songs written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The music album is set to release officially on October 5th, on the occasion of Dussehra
Sunday, April 24, 2022
RRR crosses 790 crores in India and 1200 worldwide and remains huge blockbuster.
RRR smashed all box office records and emerges to do business above 800 crores in India:
Only on the first 2 days RRR did business of more than 230 crores. It has smashed all Bollywood records of the century. It has the potential of destroying Bahubali 2 records of 1000 crores business in India and is emerging as greatest blockbuster ever to reach 11000 crores in India.
RRR is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic period action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli who wrote the film with K. V. Vijayendra Prasad. It is produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainments. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris. It is a fictional story about two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), who fought against the British Raj and Nizam of Hyderabad respectively.
Rajamouli came across reading stories about the lives of Rama Raju and Bheem, and connected the coincidences between them, imagining what would have happened had they been friends. Set in 1920, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries choose to go into oblivion before they began the fight for their country.
The film was formally announced in March 2018, with the launch and the principal photography of the film began in November 2018 in Hyderabad. The film was shot extensively across India, with a few sequences in Ukraine and Bulgaria. The film's soundtrack and background score is composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Sabu Cyril is the film's production designer whilst V. Srinivas Mohan supervised the visual effects.
Made on a budget of ₹550 crore (US$72 million), RRR was initially scheduled for theatrical release on 30 July 2020, which has been deferred multiple times due to production delays and followed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released theatrically on 25 March 2022, and opened to positive reviews from the critics with praise for the performances and screenplay. With ₹240 crore worldwide on its first day, RRR broke the record for the highest opening-day collection earned by an Indian film.
In 1920, British governor Scott and his wife visit Adilabad district, and forcefully take away Malli, a Gond tribal girl to serve as their maidservant in Delhi. To rescue the girl, Komaram Bheem arrives in Delhi with his men. They capture a wild tiger in the forests to aid their mission. The Nizam of Hyderabad warns Scott's officer about Bheem's mission.
Alluri Sita Rama Raju is a police officer who proves his ability to serve the Empire. When Lady Buxton offers a promotion to the officer who catches the leader of the Gond tribe alive, Ram comes forward. He attends a meeting of independence activists and proposes to assassinate Scott. As their goals seem to align, Bheem's aide, Lachhu, asks Ram to meet Bheem. However, Lachhu flees when he senses that Ram is a police officer. Lachhu tells Bheem about this who asks him to hide.
Ram and Bheem accidentally meet and team up to save a boy. Bheem introduces himself as a Muslim named Akhtar while Ram hides his identity as a police officer. They become best friends. Bheem comes across Scott's niece Jennifer when they are trying to sneak into the governor's palace. Ram helps Bheem to get close to her. Jennifer invites Bheem to a party which the duo attend. Impressed by his dance, Jennifer invites Bheem to the palace. Bheem silently meets Malli, assuring her rescue. Ram captures Lachhu to ask whereabouts about their leader but in vain. Lachhu gets hold of a common krait and throws it onto Ram which bites him. Lacchu warns Ram that it can kill him within an hour without anti-venom, known only to the Gond people. Ram finds his way to Bheem who saves him. Bheem confesses to Ram by telling him about their mission.
Bheem and his men barge into the palace with a truck full of wild animals. Bheem unleashes them onto the palace guards. However, Ram obstructs him as a police officer. Bheem pleads not to arrest him but Ram does not budge. Furious, Bheem fights off Ram, and goes on to climb the palace walls. Ram stops him while Scott holds Malli hostage at point-blank range. Bheem surrenders with no option left.
Bheem is sentenced to death via a public execution. Scott offers mercy if he kneels but Bheem refuses despite heaving lashing by Ram. He sings a song which motivates the public to rebel. Bheem is taken away by the officers. Ram recalls that his father Venkat Ramaraju had rebelled and sacrificed his life against the British. Venkat takes a promise from Ram that he'd a deliver a weapon to every person who takes part in the rebellion.
Venkat's friend Venkateswarulu informs Ram that his promise is going to be fulfilled since he is appointed as in charge of a shipment of arms. Ram, however, puts saving Bheem and the girl as his priority. He requests Scott to execute Bheem in the outskirts as a part of his plan. However, Scott recognizes the ploy, and injures him. Bheem frees himself and fights the guards off. Ram shoots and kills a guard over Malli's head to save her.
Misunderstanding this as an attack, Bheem beats up Ram and escapes with Malli. Bheem and his men hide in Hathras but the British arrive there. Sita recognizes that they are in danger and drives away the British by lying that the place is experiencing a smallpox outbreak. Sita reveals that she is Ram's cousin and love interest. She adds that Ram is sentenced to death as he went against the British to save his best friend. Bheem regrets his actions and promises Sita to rescue Ram.
Bheem sneaks into the Barracks with the help of blue print given by Jennifer. He frees Ram from the prison, taking him on his shoulder as the latter is unable to walk. Together, they fight the police and escape. Bheem treats Ram, however, the police attack them in the woods. Ram takes bow and arrows from a shrine of Lord Rama and retaliates. Bheem joins him with a javelin. They fight off the police and head towards the palace. They blast a motorcycle into a room full of TNT, and explode the building. Bheem retrieves guns and ammunition and delivers it to Ram. Lady Scott is killed in the chaos while Scott is killed by Ram and Bheem.
They reunite with Sita, Jennifer and others. Upon Ram's insistence, Bheem requests to return the favour by educating him. Ram returns to his village and delivers the weapons as promised while Bheem returns to his hamlet, reuniting Malli with her mother.
RRR opened to positive reviews from the critics, praising the performances and screenplay by Rajamouli. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "RRR is a teRRRific entertainer that’s meant for the big screen. The film has the merits to emerge massive hit. Don’t miss it!". Roktim Rajpal of Deccan Herald gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "The action-packed climax again hits the right notes as the visuals do the talking, the hallmark of good storytelling". Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times Of India gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and wrote "RRR is not perfection by any means (despite Rajamouli’s best efforts) because after the way he pulls off certain scenes, you wonder if he could’ve done a better job in certain others.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
RRR smash all box office records and emerges to do business above 800 crores in India
RRR smashed all box office records and emerges to do business above 800 crores in India:
Only on the first 2 days RRR did business of more than 230 crores. It has smashed all Bollywood records of the century. It has the potential of destroying Bahubali 2 records of 510 crores business in India and is emerging as greatest blockbuster ever to reach 800 crores in India.
RRR is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic period action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli who wrote the film with K. V. Vijayendra Prasad. It is produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainments. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris. It is a fictional story about two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), who fought against the British Raj and Nizam of Hyderabad respectively.
Rajamouli came across reading stories about the lives of Rama Raju and Bheem, and connected the coincidences between them, imagining what would have happened had they been friends. Set in 1920, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries choose to go into oblivion before they began the fight for their country.
The film was formally announced in March 2018, with the launch and the principal photography of the film began in November 2018 in Hyderabad. The film was shot extensively across India, with a few sequences in Ukraine and Bulgaria. The film's soundtrack and background score is composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Sabu Cyril is the film's production designer whilst V. Srinivas Mohan supervised the visual effects.
Made on a budget of ₹550 crore (US$72 million), RRR was initially scheduled for theatrical release on 30 July 2020, which has been deferred multiple times due to production delays and followed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released theatrically on 25 March 2022, and opened to positive reviews from the critics with praise for the performances and screenplay. With ₹240 crore worldwide on its first day, RRR broke the record for the highest opening-day collection earned by an Indian film.
In 1920, British governor Scott and his wife visit Adilabad district, and forcefully take away Malli, a Gond tribal girl to serve as their maidservant in Delhi. To rescue the girl, Komaram Bheem arrives in Delhi with his men. They capture a wild tiger in the forests to aid their mission. The Nizam of Hyderabad warns Scott's officer about Bheem's mission.
Alluri Sita Rama Raju is a police officer who proves his ability to serve the Empire. When Lady Buxton offers a promotion to the officer who catches the leader of the Gond tribe alive, Ram comes forward. He attends a meeting of independence activists and proposes to assassinate Scott. As their goals seem to align, Bheem's aide, Lachhu, asks Ram to meet Bheem. However, Lachhu flees when he senses that Ram is a police officer. Lachhu tells Bheem about this who asks him to hide.
Ram and Bheem accidentally meet and team up to save a boy. Bheem introduces himself as a Muslim named Akhtar while Ram hides his identity as a police officer. They become best friends. Bheem comes across Scott's niece Jennifer when they are trying to sneak into the governor's palace. Ram helps Bheem to get close to her. Jennifer invites Bheem to a party which the duo attend. Impressed by his dance, Jennifer invites Bheem to the palace. Bheem silently meets Malli, assuring her rescue. Ram captures Lachhu to ask whereabouts about their leader but in vain. Lachhu gets hold of a common krait and throws it onto Ram which bites him. Lacchu warns Ram that it can kill him within an hour without anti-venom, known only to the Gond people. Ram finds his way to Bheem who saves him. Bheem confesses to Ram by telling him about their mission.
Bheem and his men barge into the palace with a truck full of wild animals. Bheem unleashes them onto the palace guards. However, Ram obstructs him as a police officer. Bheem pleads not to arrest him but Ram does not budge. Furious, Bheem fights off Ram, and goes on to climb the palace walls. Ram stops him while Scott holds Malli hostage at point-blank range. Bheem surrenders with no option left.
Bheem is sentenced to death via a public execution. Scott offers mercy if he kneels but Bheem refuses despite heaving lashing by Ram. He sings a song which motivates the public to rebel. Bheem is taken away by the officers. Ram recalls that his father Venkat Ramaraju had rebelled and sacrificed his life against the British. Venkat takes a promise from Ram that he'd a deliver a weapon to every person who takes part in the rebellion.
Venkat's friend Venkateswarulu informs Ram that his promise is going to be fulfilled since he is appointed as in charge of a shipment of arms. Ram, however, puts saving Bheem and the girl as his priority. He requests Scott to execute Bheem in the outskirts as a part of his plan. However, Scott recognizes the ploy, and injures him. Bheem frees himself and fights the guards off. Ram shoots and kills a guard over Malli's head to save her.
Misunderstanding this as an attack, Bheem beats up Ram and escapes with Malli. Bheem and his men hide in Hathras but the British arrive there. Sita recognizes that they are in danger and drives away the British by lying that the place is experiencing a smallpox outbreak. Sita reveals that she is Ram's cousin and love interest. She adds that Ram is sentenced to death as he went against the British to save his best friend. Bheem regrets his actions and promises Sita to rescue Ram.
Bheem sneaks into the Barracks with the help of blue print given by Jennifer. He frees Ram from the prison, taking him on his shoulder as the latter is unable to walk. Together, they fight the police and escape. Bheem treats Ram, however, the police attack them in the woods. Ram takes bow and arrows from a shrine of Lord Rama and retaliates. Bheem joins him with a javelin. They fight off the police and head towards the palace. They blast a motorcycle into a room full of TNT, and explode the building. Bheem retrieves guns and ammunition and delivers it to Ram. Lady Scott is killed in the chaos while Scott is killed by Ram and Bheem.
They reunite with Sita, Jennifer and others. Upon Ram's insistence, Bheem requests to return the favour by educating him. Ram returns to his village and delivers the weapons as promised while Bheem returns to his hamlet, reuniting Malli with her mother.
RRR opened to positive reviews from the critics, praising the performances and screenplay by Rajamouli. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "RRR is a teRRRific entertainer that’s meant for the big screen. The film has the merits to emerge massive hit. Don’t miss it!". Roktim Rajpal of Deccan Herald gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "The action-packed climax again hits the right notes as the visuals do the talking, the hallmark of good storytelling". Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times Of India gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and wrote "RRR is not perfection by any means (despite Rajamouli’s best efforts) because after the way he pulls off certain scenes, you wonder if he could’ve done a better job in certain others.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor did well in the 2 States.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor did very well in 2 States.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt did well in the film 2 States.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Due to heroics of Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt the film 2 States already did business of 65 crores.
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