Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Namit Malhotra, and Mukerji – under Dharma Productions, Starlight Pictures, and Prime Focus in association with Star Studios, along with Ranbir Kapoor and Marijke DeSouza. The film serves as the first installment of a planned trilogy, which is itself planned to be part of a cinematic universe titled Astraverse, and stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna Akkineni. Drawing inspiration from tales in Hindu mythology, the story follows Shiva, an orphan with pyrokinetic powers who discovers that he is an astra, a weapon of enormous energy. He attempts to prevent the strongest of the astras, the Brahmāstra, from falling into the hands of dark forces that share a history with him.
Directed by Ayan Mukerji
Written by Ayan Mukerji
Produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Namit Malhotra, Ranbir Kapoor, Marijke DeSouza & Ayan Mukerji
Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna Akkineni
Cinematography V. Manikandan, Pankaj Kumar, Sudeep Chatterjee, Vikash Nowlakha, Patrick Duroux
Edited by Prakash Kurup
Music by Tanuj Tiku & Pritam
Production Star Studios, Dharma Productions, Prime Focus & Starlight Pictures
Distributed by Star Studios
Release date 9 September 2022
Running time 168 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
