Brahmastra trailer: Ayan Mukherji reveals why Ranbir Kapoor is wearing shoes in a temple scene, says it is important reach out to people upset

Filmmaker Ayan Mukherji has reacted after a few angry netizens pointed to one shot in Brahmastra trailer and shared their disappointed seeing Ranbir Kapoor ringing what looked like a temple bell with his shoes still on.

The filmmaker after taking note of the disappointment clarified why Ranbir who plays Shiva in the movie, can be seen wearing shoes in the particular shot Brahmastra trailer. Ayan issued the clarification while sharing the news of Brahmastra’s 4K trailer release announcement and said that the place Ranbir can actually be seen entering is a Durga Puja pandal and not a temple.

“We had some people in our community, upset because of one shot in our Trailer - Ranbir’s character wearing shoes as he rings a Bell. As the Creator of this film (and a devotee), I wanted to humbly address what happened here. In our movie, Ranbir is not entering a temple, but a Durga Puja Pandal,” Ayan wrote clarifying in one half of his post on Instagram.

The filmmaker borrowing from his personal experience shared how people only take off shoes when getting onto the main stage in the Durga Puja pandal.

He further wrote, “My own family has been organising a similar kind of Durga Puja Celebration for… 75 years! One, which I have been a part of since my childhood. In my experience, we only take off our shoes, right on the stage where the Goddess is, and not when you enter the Pandal.
It is personally important for me to reach out to anyone who may have been upset with this image… because above all, Brahmāstra is created as a movie experience which pays respect to, and celebrates - Indian culture, traditions and history. That is at the heart of why I made this movie, so it is very important to me that this feeling, reaches every Indian who is watching Brahmāstra!”

Brahmastra trailer was released on 15 June and despite impressing a majority, a section of the movie loving audience called for a boycott of the film after one frame of Ranbir with shoes on while ringing a bell went viral.

The movie which is a fantasy drama based on the Indian mythology is all set to release in cinemas on September 9.