Mumbai Mumbai. National award winning filmmaker Nag Ashwin's blockbuster “Kalki 2898 AD” starring Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas, Kamal Haasan will be screened at the Busan International Film Festival.The 29th edition of the film festival will begin on October 2 and close on October 11. The film will be screened on October 8 and 9. “Kalki 2898 AD” was the first Indian film to release its teaser at the prestigious San Diego Comic-Con.
“Kalki 2898 AD” is the first installment of the Kalki Cinematic Universe. Set in the backdrop of 2898 AD, the film tells the story of a now barren Kashi. Amidst a dystopian era ruled by Supreme Yaskin, SUM80 emerges like the dawn of hope as the bearer of Lord Kalki, the tenth and final incarnation of Lord Vishnu, threatens Yaskin's reign.
In August, filmmaker Nag Ashwin spoke about working with megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the film and said that he was very patient with the entire process while working on “so much CG, green screen”. The film featured Prabhas in a double role. He played a bounty hunter named Bhairava and Karna, an ancient warrior allied to the Kauravas; Bhairava's past life. Amitabh played Ashvatthama, who has roamed the Earth for nearly six thousand years and was the son of the sage and warrior Dronacharya and an ally of the Kauravas, who was cursed with immortality for attempting to kill an unborn Parikshit.
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