Cast
Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Prabhas, Rajendra Prasad, Shobhana, Shashvat Chatterjee and Disha Patani etc.
Writer
Nag Ashwin, Sai Madhav Burra
Director
Nag Ashwin
Producer
C Ashwini Dutt, Priyanka Dutt, Swapna Dutt
Release:
27 June 2024

BUJJI

KALKI

Many viewers have seen BR Chopra’s ‘Mahabharata’. Even then, very few people know its inside stories. Children must have heard stories of the boons Karna received from his father Surya from their grandmothers. Although the tradition of telling stories is fading, the film ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ does a noble job of arousing interest in Indian mythology with great intensity. Those who have no connection with religion will not understand this film at all, but if you remember ‘Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Glanirbhavati Bharat, Abhyutthanam Dharmasya Tadatmanam Srijamyahaam’ or even know its meaning, then you will find this film interesting. This was the promise of Lord Vishnu during his Sri Krishna incarnation in Dwapar. Some other facts about the Mahabharata war are also important to know while watching the film ‘Kalki 2898 AD’. It is important to know the power of Arjun’s Gandiva. It is important to know that Karna, who was called a Sutputra (son of a charioteer) despite being born to the same mother, was better than his brother in every skill. It is also important to know that the Krishna in front of whom both Dronacharya and Karna were killed by deceit, did not give freedom to Dronacharya’s son Ashwatthama by giving him the death penalty, but instead cursed him to remain alive and left him on earth to decay bit by bit for eternity.

The story revolves around Kashi
This story is of Kashi of the year 2898. This is the only city left in the world. It is said that Kashi was created first in the order of development of cities. Bhairav ​​is considered to be the Kotwal of Kashi. Bhairav ​​is also the hero of writer, director Nag Ashwin’s Kalki Cinematic Universe’s first film ‘Kalki 2898 AD’. Here he is Bhairava, due to the long form of the last word while pronouncing names in the South. This is Kashi of those days when there is no water in the Ganga. There is no oxygen in the air. And, no one has seen rain for years. The story takes a long detour before coming to the point. There are three types of worlds in the story explaining the tuning between Bhairav ​​and Bujji. A complex which is run by Supreme Yaskin. He is keeping himself alive by extracting marrow from the fetuses of pregnant women. Bhairav’s debauchery is going on in Kashi. Apart from this, there is also a world like Wakanda from the Black Panther story of Marvel Cinematic Universe. Technologically developed and hidden from the eyes of the rest of the world. The story reaches its youth at this place and also leaves a big clue for the next part of the film, where the enemy of ‘Avatar’s’ mother is now going to become the protector of the mother.

An interesting confluence of cinema with Sanatan culture

The real enjoyment of the film starts just an hour before the film ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ ends. The bridge between the story of the Mahabharata period and the story of the future does not hold anywhere in the present and this is the real weakness of this story. If the starting point of what will happen in the future was some incident of today, then the audience would not have been doing calculations in their mind for about half an hour after the film starts. But, as soon as Deepika Padukone’s character SU Mati gets the name Sumati, the emotions of the audience start connecting with the story. Everyone knows that Amitabh Bachchan is playing the character of Ashwatthama here. Krishna’s face is not seen in the film. Vijay Deverakonda’s special appearance as Arjun may or may not be impressive, but when Karna’s face appears on the screen, the applause and whistles in the cinema hall at that time prepare the stage to welcome the next stream of this confluence of Sanatan culture and new century cinema. But, if you do not know this story, then you may not enjoy watching the film.

Tell your children the stories of Krishna’s deceit. The energy of the fight scenes between Amitabh Bachchan and Prabhas in the film ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, equipped with world-class special effects by DNEG, a subsidiary of Indian company Prime Focus, is amazing. The struggle between these two seems to take the first film based on this story towards its conclusion. The cleverness with which Nag Ashwin has woven the scenes of human massacres of Mahabharata in this story of future and past, makes it certain that whatever the business of the film ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, the earnings of its sequel are going to be very high. The weak links of the film are its editing, music and some scenes similar to Hollywood films. Prabhas’ initial scenes also do not make much impact and that too because Nag Ashwin has woven this character as a lazy person. The film has a long army of supporting actors and even amidst all this noise and crowd, Deepika Padukone’s shine keeps spreading its shine in the story of the film. The film is entertaining. If you take children to