Kalki 2898 AD

Drama Action Fantasy Science Fiction Telugu

In the year 2898 AD, around 6000 years after Kurukshetra war, Ashwatthama gears up for his final battle of redemption at the sign of hope in a dystopian world and Bhairava, a wisecracking and self-interested bounty hunter, tired of the perilous life becomes the hurdle in the process.

Cast:	Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, Saswata Chatterjee, Shobana, Rajendra Prasad, Pasupathy, Anna Ben, Keya Nair, Harshith Malgireddy
Director:	Nag Ashwin
Editor:	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Camera:	Đorđe Stojiljković

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A Spotify Review

Akhil Arora | akhilarora.com

Tue, August 27 2024

The year’s biggest Indian hit, Kalki 2898 AD, is just as irredeemable as Prabhas’ other recent films. But unlike those movies, this one barely features Prabhas at all and drags on for three hours without offering a single character you can latch on to. We talk about the film’s poor construction, subpar world-building, and superficial writing. We also discuss its shameless sequel-bait of a climax and wonder why people weren’t up in arms about being short-changed by writer-director Nag Ashwin.

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Prabhas reigns supreme, Big B and Deepika Padukone exceptional

Janani K | India Today

Thu, June 27 2024

Director Nag Ashwin's 'Kalki 2898 AD', starring Prabhas, Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan, is a sci-fi flick with ample doses of Hindu mythology. With grand visuals and superlative performances, the film is a visual extravaganza.

It was 2015 when SS Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali’ was released and blew everyone’s mind. To this day, the two ‘Baahubali’ films not only shattered box office records but also set a benchmark for films of the same ilk. Nealy a decade later, director Nag Ashwin, with monumental ambitions, gifted ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, set in a dystopian world. With futuristic ideas coupled with Hindu mythology, the film will surely blow your mind, just like ‘Baahubali’ did. Thousands of years after the Mahabharata war, Kashi became the last city of the world. And the world is ruled by Supreme Yaskin (Kamal Haasan), who is waiting for a magical serum to gain powers. The poor suffer in the city, while the rich enjoy their lives in the Complex, a place built for the privileged. It is Bhairava’s (Prabhas) dream to make it to the Complex. He is a bounty hunter doing petty jobs to earn the units that will enable him to earn his place in the Complex.