alia: ‘Brahmastra: Part One-Shiva’, a brave step to create ‘Astraverse’, says Alia Bhatt

While talking about the movie ‘Brahmastra: Part One-Shiva‘, Alia stated that this was “a very brave” step towards creating a cinematic universe. She said that the film’s story is deeply influenced by Indian mythology and culture, which are the essence of the country.

Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt has frequently been in the headlines for good reasons. Recently, she made headlines in entertainment news after producing ‘Darlings’, a dark comedy on Netflix. As per the streamers, ‘Darlings’ put up the biggest opening on Netflix as a non-English-language film worldwide.

Alia Bhatt was also in focus for the movie ‘RRR’, which turned out to be a huge hit in the West after it was released on Netflix a few months back. Her first movie in 2022 was “Gangubai Kathiawadi,” and she recently finished shooting for Tom Harper‘s “Heart of Stone,” in which Alia Bhatt will be seen together with Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot.

In the meantime, Alia will be seen in Disney’s ‘Brahmastra: Part One—Shiva’. This movie will hit the big screens on September 9. ‘Brahmastra: Part One-Shiva’ will show Alia Bhatt and her husband Ranbir Kapoor in the lead roles. The film aims to create an Indian cinematic universe called the Astraverse.

As for the movie ‘Heart of Stone’, the Bollywood actor said that she liked the movie’s script. Besides, Alia stated that she greatly admired Gal Gadot’s work. Notably, Gadot is also a producer of this film. Alia said that she selects films only after being convinced of her part in any given movie. She was thrilled and fell in love with the script of ‘Heart of Stone’, which was the perfect movie for her to make her Hollywood debut.

Interestingly, Alia first met filmmaker Tom Harper over a Zoom meeting, and she agreed to do the film instantly.