Kalki 2898 AD teaser: Amitabh Bachchan is the immortal, undefeatable Ashwatthama in Prabhas’ epic sci-fi dystopian film

As tension builds, Bachchan’s deep voice asserts, “Since ancient times, I have awaited the arrival of the Avatar. I am Guru Drona’s son. Ashwatthama,” he declares firmly.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter) earlier in the day, Bachchan wrote, “It’s been an experience for me like no other. The mind to think such a product, the execution, the exposure to modern technology and above all the company of colleagues with stratospheric Super star presence.”

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The first look was unveiled on Star Sports before the start of Sunday evening’s IPL 2024 match between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans. Earlier in the day, the makers had also released an announcement poster about the first look unveiling event. In the poster, Big B was depicted completely covered in cloth and wearing a mask, seated inside a temple-like structure.

A few months ago, Ashwin had made some interesting revelations about the epic science-fiction film, promising that Kalki 2898 AD would be an extraordinary visual spectacle.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬!

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While addressing the Synapse 2024 event in Gurgaon recently, Ashwin said, “I just wish that there was more tech to help us make this film, like three-four years back when we were in preproduction. We are creating this new world like… I am just looking at this picture right now on the screen, and all these different worlds that we are trying to create, we work with so many different concept artists and giving prompts, obviously, again, in a very personal, one-on-one sort of way, and try to give references and build this world.”

Bankrolled by C Aswani Dutt under the banner of Vyjayanthi Movies, the music for “Kalki” is composed by Santhosh Narayanan. Despite the initial announcement in January that the film would be released globally on May 9, 2024, it seems unlikely as there have been no subsequent updates on the matter thus far.