Ace filmmaker Hansal Mehta, who was not present for any of the special screenings of Ayan Mukerji’s magnum opus ‘Brahmastra: Part One - Shiva’ shared that he failed to get tickets for the same since most of the shows were full.
He tweeted, “I really enjoyed #Brahmastra. What I enjoyed, even more, is going to a cinema hall for a nearly 60-70% full morning show after failing to get tickets for last night’s shows. And long queues for the later shows at the same multiplex. The 2nd part is going to be HUGE”.
“So much respect for the passion and perseverance of #AyaanMukherjee @karanjohar @malhotra_namit. Also the ever luminous #RanbirKapoor and @aliaa08. I really hope this film works wonders," he added in a subsequent tweet.
'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva' crossed the Rs 150 crore mark in gross box office collection worldwide in the first two days of its release.
Released on September 9, the first installment of the big-budget fantasy adventure epic starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy, and Nagarjuna. It has a special cameo by Shah Rukh Khan too.
Coming back to Hansal Mehta, the director who delivered the critically-acclaimed first part 'Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story' is back with 'Scam 2003: The Telgi Story'. Theatre actor Gagan Dev Riar has been roped in to play the lead role.
Mehta will serve as the showrunner and direct alongside Tushar Hiranandani.
The upcoming season, produced by Applause Entertainment in association with StudioNext, will tackle the 2003 Stamp Paper fraud by Abdul Karim Telgi.
The new season will chronicle the life of Telgi, a fruit-seller born in Khanapur in Karnataka, and his journey to becoming the mastermind behind one of the most ingenious scams in India.
It is adapted from the Hindi book 'Reporter ki Diary' penned by journalist and news reporter Sanjay Singh, who is credited with breaking the story of the scam.
Besides that, he also has an untitled murder-thriller with Kareena Kapoor Khan, a series about Rameshwar Nath Kao, the first Chief of R&AW, based on RK Yadav's book 'Mission R&AW', and Pratik Gandhi-starrer ‘Gandhi’ based on the writings of Ramachandra Guha.
