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Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu: [kəlkɪ]; stylized onscreen as KALKI 2898 – A. D) is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language epic science fiction film directed by Nag Ashwin and produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Prabhas, Deepika Padukone and Disha Patani. Inspired by Hindu scriptures, it is the first installment in a planned Kalki Cinematic Universe. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in the year 2898 AD, the film follows a select group who are on a mission to save lab subject SUM-80’s unborn child, Kalki.

The film was officially announced in February 2020 under the tentative title Prabhas 21, as it is the actor’s 21st film in the lead role and was later changed to working title Project K. Principal photography commenced a year later in July 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. It was shot sporadically in several legs over the next three years, and wrapped by late-May 2024. The official title was announced in July 2023. The film has music composed by Santhosh Narayanan, cinematography handled by Serbian cinematographer Djordje Stojiljkovic and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao.

Kalki 2898 AD was initially scheduled to release on 9 May 2024, but was postponed due to unfinished post-production work. It was released worldwide on 27 June 2024 in standard, IMAX, 3D and 4DX formats. With a ₹600 crore production budget, it is the most expensive Indian film ever made. The film grossed ₹1,028–1,100 crore globally and has set multiple box office records for an Indian and Telugu film, including the highest-grossing Indian film of 2024, the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2024, the third highest-grossing Telugu film, the fourth highest-grossing film in India and the fifth highest-grossing Indian film.

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STORY

In 3102 BC, following the Kurukshetra War, Ashwatthama attempts to kill Uttarā’s unborn child. For committing the act, Krishna, the 8th reincarnation of Vishnu, curses him to roam the earth as an immortal and witness humanity’s misery as a result of societal and moral deterioration during the Kali Yuga. His divine gem is also taken from his forehead, and his redemption is destined to occur only by protecting the mother of Kalki, Vishnu’s 10th and final reincarnation, towards the end of the Kali Yuga.

In 2898 AD, 6000 years after the events of the Kurukshetra War, Kasi stands as the last known city in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by Supreme Yaskin, a 200-year-old totalitarian god king. Yaskin rules from the ‘Complex’, an inverted-pyramid megastructure that floats above the city. His authority is enforced by Commander Manas, Counsellor Bani, and an army of soldiers who guard against threats, particularly rebels from the hidden city of Shambhala, who believe in the prophesied arrival of Kalki. In this dystopian society, fertile female refugees in Kasi are forcibly taken to the Complex for Project K, an experiment aimed at producing a secretive serum for Yaskin through artificially inseminated foetuses. However, the serum does not become potent until after a 150-day gestation period, and none of the subjects have survived for that long, nor do they survive the extraction procedure.

Raia, a young girl disguised as a boy, narrowly escapes conscription into Project K with the help of Shambhalan rebels. Raia finds refuge in a cave where she encounters Ashwatthama. She unknowingly brings him his divine gem, which had inadvertently come into her possession during her escape. After placing the gem in his forehead, Ashwatthama becomes aware that a woman is pregnant with Kalki. Together, the duo set out to find her.

Meanwhile, at the Complex, SUM-80, a Project K subject hiding her 150-day pregnancy, is outed and forced to undergo the extraction procedure. Manas extracts a single drop of serum from her foetus before she is rescued by Shambhalan rebels, who rename her Sumathi. En route to Shambhala their transport is ambushed by bounty hunters and raiders, but they fend them off. Bhairava, a bounty hunter, remains in pursuit with his AI supercar, Bujji.

Soldiers from the Complex corner Sumathi and the rebels. Awashthama and Bhairava arrive and defeat the soldiers, before fighting each other for the custody of Sumathi, who is revealed to be the mother of Kalki. Despite Bhairava’s best efforts, Ashwatthama subdues him and the party reaches Shambhala, where the tree of life blooms in Kalki’s presence. Ashwatthama reveals to Raia that his walking stick is a dormant weapon, the Vijaya Dhanush, that belonged to his friend Karna, a warrior from the Kurukshetra War. Meanwhile, Bhairava makes a deal with Manas to capture Sumathi in exchange for entry into the Complex.

Bhairava tricks a rebel into taking him to Shambala, then disguises himself as Ashwatthama and convinces Sumathi to flee Shambhala with him, but is intercepted by the real Ashwatthama. As they fight, Manas and his soldiers reach Shambhala and breach its defences. Shambhala’s leader, Mariam, attempts to protect Sumathi, but she is killed by Manas as his soldiers overwhelm the Shambhalan rebels. Ashwatthama and Bhairava help save Sumathi, but afterwards Ashwatthama knocks Bhairava unconscious before Manas captures and restrains him. Ashwatthama’s walking stick and a leaf from the tree of life subsequently falls into the unconscious Bhairava’s hand, which reawakens both the weapon and Bhairava, revealing him to be a reincarnation of Karna. Empowered by Karna’s bow, in a trance-like state Bhairava effortlessly defeats the invading soldiers and kills Manas. Snapped out of the trance by Bujji, Bhairava returns to his former self and takes Sumathi away, as Ashwatthama looks on.

In a mid-credits scene, Yaskin uses the drop of serum extracted from Sumathi’s foetus on himself, partially gaining the power of the unborn Kalki and becoming a youthful superhuman with four magical limbs. He picks up Arjuna’s bow, Gandiva, and pledges to personally capture Sumathi and her child to reshape the world.

CAST

Amitabh Bachchan as Ashwatthama: 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. He has since roamed the Earth for nearly six thousand years.
Kamal Haasan as Supreme Yaskin: A totalitarian god-king ruling the post-apocalyptic world from the “Complex”.
Prabhas in a dual role as:
- Bhairava: A bounty hunter
- Karna: An ancient warrior who was allied with the Kauravas; the previous life of Bhairava
Deepika Padukone as SUM-80 alias Sumathi: A pregnant lab subject of Project K and the prophesied mother of Kalki. (Voice-over by Sobhita Dhulipala)
Disha Patani as Roxie
Brahmanandam as Rajan: Bhairava’s landlord
Rajendra Prasad as Rumi
Shobana as Mariam: The leader of Shambhala
Pasupathy as Veeran: A rebel from Shambhala
Anil George as Counsellor Bani
Saswata Chatterjee as Manas
Anna Ben as Kyra: A rebel from Shambhala
Harshith Reddy as Luke: A rebel from Shambhala
Kavya Ramachandran as LYL-33: An undercover rebel at the Complex
Ayaz Pasha as Ajju: A rebel from Shambhala
Keya Nair as Raia
Humhu as Krane: A bounty hunter
Vinay Kumar as Commander Sirius
Sanjay Ratha as Commander Shatru
Venkata Ramana as Ronnie
Hamish Boyd as Yuri
Advait Chauhan as Isaac
Sanghwa Shin as Leon
Anoushka Maskey as GS-Q43
Djordje Stojiljkovic as Garuda driver
Keerthy Suresh as BU-JZ-1 alias Bujji: Bhairava’s companion AI droid / vehicle (Voice-over)
Krishnakumar as Lord Krishna: An incarnation of Vishnu, who was born during the time of Mahabharata to bring peace by aiding the Pandavas; served as Prince Arjuna’s charioteer and strategist during the Kurukshetra War. (Voice-over by Arjun Das)

PRODUCTION

Development

After the success of Mahanati in 2019, Nag Ashwin stated that he had been working on an original story, for which screenplay he used a long time on. He also stated that the production would begin soon. The project would be funded by C. Aswani Dutt’s Vyjayanthi Movies, which also funded Mahanati. The company announced on 7 August 2019 that the production would begin in September and posted a casting call for various artist positions. On 26 February 2020, coinciding the occasion of 50th year since the establishment of Dutt’s house, Prabhas was announced to be the lead actor. Tentatively titled Prabhas 21, production would begin after the actor completes filming for Radhe Shyam (2022). The film was made on a production budget of ₹600 crore that included star remuneraion of ₹100 crore each to Prabhas and Kamal Haasan, between ₹35 crore and ₹40 crore to Amitabh Bachchan, ₹20 crore to Deepika Padukone, and ₹12 crore to Disha Patani.

The lead actor, however, reportedly decided to take the revenue sharing model, receiving ₹80 crore as advance, and a chunk of the profits would be given to him as remuneration. In February 2021, it was reported that the filming would begin in March; however, Ashwin during the promotions for his short film in Pitta Kathalu (2021) stated that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Prabhas’ prior commitments, the filming would commence at the latter half of the year. The film’s official title, Kalki 2898 AD, was announced on 21 July 2023. It is a reference to Kalki, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu in the Hindu eschatology, according to the Bhagavata Purana, and 3102 BC – traditionally thought to be the beginning of Kali Yuga after the Kurukshetra War, from the death of Krishna (the film being set 6,000 years into the Kali Yuga, the era of the asura/demon Kali).