Ranbir Kapoor & Alia Bhatt Skip Sandhya Puja At Mahakaleshwar Temple Amid Protests Against Brahmastra

After
repeated
delays,
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Alia
Bhatt’s
upcoming
film
Brahmastra
is
slated
to
hit
the
theatrical
screens
this
Friday
(September
9,
2022).
Currently,
the
couple
along
with
director
Ayan
Mukerji,
is
busy
with
the
promotions
of
their
magnum
opus.

Ahead
of
the
film’s
release,
the
trio
landed
in
Ujjain
to
seek
blessings
at
the
famous
Mahakaleshwar
Temple.
Unfortunately,
their
plan
went
for
a
toss
when
several
protestors
reached
the
temple
and
created
a
ruckus
citing
Ranbir’s
past
comment
on
beef-eating.
Ranbir
and
Alia
were
stopped
from
entering
the
temple.

A
Mahakal
police
station
official
confirmed
the
incident
while
speaking
with
Firstpost
and
said
that
they
resorted
to
cane-charge
to
disperse
the
protesters.
Despite
the
cops
bringing
the
situation
under
the
control,
Ranbir
and
Alia
skipped
the
Sandhya
puja
at
the
temple
owing
to
security
reasons.

However,
director
Ayan
Mukerji
entered
the
temple
to
seek
blessings
for
his
big
release.
Later,
he
took
to
his
Instagram
handle
to
share
a
picture
of
himself
performing
puja
at
the
temple.

He
captioned
it
as,
“3
DAYS
AWAY
(from
Brahmastra
release)…
Feel
very
happy
and
energised
to
have
visited
Mahakaleshwar
Temple
today…
Got
the
most
beautiful
darshan…
Wanted
to
make
this
visit
to
close
the
film-making
journey
on
Brahmastra,
and
to
get
all
the
positive
energy
and
blessings
for
our
release.”

Coming
back
to
Ranbir’s
alleged
controversial
remark
in
the
past,
the
actor
during
the
promotions
of

Rockstar,
had
said
that
he
is
a
big
fan
of
beef.
Ahead
of
Brahmastra’s
release,
an
old
video
of
Ranbir
making
this
statement
has
resurfaced
on
the
internet
which
caused
the
mayhem
outside
the
temple
in
Ujjain.