The release of Ayan Mukerji's dream project Brahmastra, starring Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, has been postponed. The fantasy drama film, which was initially scheduled to release around Christmas this year, will now hit the big screens in summer 2020. Ayan announced the news on his Instagram account.

While according to the statement, the release has been postponed because the team needs "more time in order to get the VFX right," multiple media reports have pointed out that the makers might have taken this decision to avoid locking horns with Salman Khan's Dabangg 3 at the box office on Christmas 2019.