Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva

Brahmastra, and the Astraverse it belongs to, are the brainchild of director Ayan Mukherji, who claims to have dedicated over ten years of his life to it. The concept was born out of his love for mythology, even before he began working on Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013 - but it took him more than a decade to realise his grand ambition on the big screen.

There is an unsaid expectation from both the film's makers as well as its fans for the franchise to become the Indian equivalent of the MCU - longform storytelling spanning several years and several movies, with an established c....