Alia - Ranbir's Brahmastra POSTPONED; Director Ayan shares an EMOTIONAL Note

Alia Bhatt - Ranbir Kapoor starrer Brahmastra that was all set to hit the silver screens in Christmas this year has been postponed to summer 2020. The director of the film, Ayan Mukerji announced the news with an emotional note revealing the reason for the delay.

In a letter addressed to fans, he expressed hope that they’d make up for the delay by delivering a movie that the ‘country can really love and feel proud of’.

His letter read: "To whomever it may concern at this point, people from our film industry and movie lovers who follow film news...

I have something to share about Brahmastra right now...

Brahmastra for me is a dream that began in 2011 and I’ve been actively pursuing it since Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani released in 2013. That dream is about creating a movie that offers our country something that’s really new and amazing and next level...in terms of story, character, and emotions but also in terms of visual and visual effects.”

Attributing the delay to labor-intensive visual effects work, Ayan wrote, “It’s been a long, long road to achieve this vision. When we broke the logo for Brahmastra at the Kumbh, we were excited that the end of the road is near, Christmas 2019...the date we announced for the release of the movie. But in the past weeks, I have learnt that teams working on the movie, lead by my VFX teams need more time in order to get the VFX right, to get the sound and music right, to get the film right.”

He continued, “With that in mind, we are moving away from Christmas 2019 as our goal for the release of the movie. Working towards that goal could affect the most important goal which is to create the best possible movie experience that Brahmastra can be! Our release date is now slated for summer 2020 but we will announce this once we are absolutely certain of the date. I believe that the extra time going into making the movie is essential to achieve the dream of Brahmastra, and I really hope we make up for the delay by giving our movie-loving country something they can really love and feel proud of.”

He concluded by saying, "Back to film week then! So much to do.."