What if Ayan Mukerji’s ‘Brahmastra’ had an alternate Tollywood version

After the huge success of ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’, fans were eagerly waiting for the second part of the film. And now, to add to the excitement, Ayan Mukerji has finally revealed the timeline for the 2nd and 3rd parts of his magnum opus. While social media has gone berserk with the announcement we decided to give an interesting twist to the Brahmastra Part One’. The epic film had an ensemble cast including Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Shah Rukh Khan and others. The cast itself can attract any cine lover to the action-adventure flick. But what if ‘Brahmastra’ was made in Tollywood? What would have been the star cast? Any thoughts? Well, we have tried to make it easy for you. Read on and see whether your favourite actor is on the list!

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In the epic Astraverse film, Ranbir plays the protagonist Shiva who can awaken the Brahmastra. Shiva is a DJ who unknowingly has the extraordinary power. Since it is large scale commercial potboiler and action entertainer we decided to choose our Tollywood superstar Dev as Shiva who also possesses the power of Agnyāstra, the astra of the fire element.

Alia, Ranbir’s wife in real life, plays the role of his on-screen love interest as well. Given the commercial hits the superhit Dev-Rukmini pair has delivered in the recent past it would be great if we see them reuniting for this VFX-heavy entertainer. Since fans have long been waiting to see the pair returning for another movie and their stellar on-screen chemistry let’s cast Rukmini as Isha, the love interest of Shiva.

Mouni Roy is the Queen of Darkness in Ayan Mukerji’s ‘Brahmastra’. She plays Junoon, who is on a hunt for the Brahmastra, but for evil purposes. It would be a great surprise if we can see Paoli in a character with negative shades. We haven’t seen this powerhouse actor as an antagonist that much.

Shah Rukh Khan plays the cameo role of scientist Mohan Bhargav who wields the Vānarāstra. And we picked the handsome hunk Jeet for such an impactful character despite being a cameo. It will also be great to see Dev and Jeet coming together after a long time since ‘Dui Prithibi’.

Amitabh Bachchan is the Guru who mentors Ranbir’s character in the film. The megastar’s character is also the leader of the Brahmānsh who wields the Prabhāstra. We decided to go for the Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee for the important role. It would be great to see Prosenjit slipping into his elderly version with some impressive prosthetic makeup.

The superstar Nagarjuna Akkineni plays Anish, an artist and a member of the Brahmānsh who wields the Nandi Astra. Anish is also one of the protectors of Brahmastra. Despite a small screen presence we would love to see our very own Abir Chatterjee taking the important character which plays a key role in the narrative despite a relatively small screen presence.