Farhan Akhtar

With the film scheduled to drop on OTT after its successful theatrical run, Ranbir said in a statement: "Shiva was a very complex character on paper. And we had to do a lot of prep to bring him to life. The way he walks, runs, fights, dances - almost every aspect of his physicality that involves movement- had to be designed."

The video, shared by Ranbir's wife and his co-star in the film, Alia Bhatt, on Instagram shows Ranbir making self-deprecating jokes about the number of times Alia says his character's name, Shiva in the film and how he hates to promote the film. At one point in the video, Ranbir also says that the film's director Ayan Mukerji feels that Ranbir has no life outside 'Brahmastra' when the actor is expecting his first child with Alia.

Days after its release, Neetu shared some of Ranbir's unseen shirtless pictures from his look test for the film in Bulgaria on her Instagram stories. The pictures were originally shared by Ranbir's trainer and lifestyle coach Kunal Gir. They show a shirtless Ranbir in low-waist jeans, with his six-pack abs stealing attention. Two pictures show the actor striking poses as if bringing his powers together, minus the VFX.

Talking about the album, Ranbir said in a statement: "The response to the film and the music by global audiences has been truly overwhelming and the album launching during this festive season has added an even more celebratory touch. I hope that fans will love the new tracks from 'Brahmastra' just as much as they loved our other songs and the movie."

The singer explained how he bagged the song: "I was involved in the process of 'Brahmastra' for a while and initially I got to sing 'Rasiya' as a part of the background score in the film which was really appreciated and loved by the audience. After that Pritam da (music director Pritam Chakraborty) called me to sing it again as a full audio song."

According to data being provided by the trade media, Ayan Mukherji's ambitious film- 'Brahmastra: Part 1 - Shiva' has garnered Rs 125 crore over its first weekend -- Rs 37 crore on the opening day, followed by Rs 42 crore on the second day, and finally, Rs 46 crore on Sunday, according to 'Bollywood Hungama'.

Reacting to the development that took place on Tuesday night, the state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said, "No one stopped them (Ranbir and Alia) from worshipping at the temple, they themselves decided not to go there, despite requests by local administration to go there and offer prayers. If they were stopped, then how other members of the team offered their prayers in side the temple?."

"I was feeling really bad," Ayan said. "Honestly, Ranbir and Alia did not come with me for Darshan to the temple. I had gone to Mahakal before the motion poster was released and I had told myself that I would definitely go again before the release of the film and both of them were very keen to come with me."

Alia, who made her debut with the 2012 film 'Student Of The Year', has had quite an eventful journey in cinema as she has constantly delivered terrific performances one after the other but, after all these years, Ranbir's favourite performance of Alia remains her second film, 'Highway'.

Alia and Ranbir are currently in Italy for a holiday. The actress shared a video from a picturesque location. The video features 'Shamshera' actor Ranbir Kapoor soaking in the sun as he soon starts swinging to the beats of 'Deva Deva' song. The actor can be seen dressed in vacation casuals and wearing a pair of sunglasses as he sports messy hair.