Nag Ashwin's ambitious 'Kalki 2898 AD' starring Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas, Kamal Haasan will be screened at Busan International Film Festival. The 29th edition of the film festival runs from October 2. The curtains will come down on October 11. The movie will be screened on October 8 and 9.
The first Indian movie to throw its teaser at the San Diego Comic-Con was a cinematic phenomenon called "Kalki 2898 AD".
Kalki 2898 AD" is the first movie under the Kalki Cinematic Universe. The movie is set against the backdrop of 2898 AD, tracing the story from the now-vacant Kashi. Amid a dystopian era ruled by Supreme Yaskin, SUM80 rises like a dawn of hope as the bearer of Lord Kalki, the tenth and final avatar of Lord Vishnu, threatening Yaskin's reign.
Filmmaker Nag Ashwin had spoken on the film back in August, saying that he was working with megastar Amitabh Bachchan and it was a challenge that Bachchan was "so patient with all of this entire process while shooting 'so much CG, green screen.'"
In the movie, Prabhas was seen in a double role. He played the bounty hunter Bhairava and Karna, the ancient warrior who stood by the side of the Kauravas; the previous life of Bhairava.
Amitabh essayed Ashwatthama, who has roamed the Earth for nearly six thousand years and the son of sage and warrior Dronacharya and an ally to the Kauravas, who was cursed with immortality for attempting to kill an unborn Parikshith.
Kamal Haasan's character was called the Supreme Yaskin, a complete totalitarian god-king ruling the post-apocalyptic.
The movie also included Deepika Padukone, Disha Patani and a cameo spree from personalities like S.S. Rajamouli, Ram Gopal Varma, Mrunal Thakur, Vijay Devarakonda, Saswata Chatterjee, Dulquer Salmaan, and Anna Ben.
The movie bagged a whopping Rs1,200 crores in the worldwide collection and ended with a collection that went beyond Rs 330 crores in the Hindi Box Office across India.
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