Starring: Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Disha Patani, Rajendra Prasad and others Story,
Direction: Nag Ashwin
Producer: C Ashwinee Dutt Co-Producer: Swapna Dutt, Priyanka Dutt
Dialogues: Nag Ashwin, Sai Madhav Burra, Vivek (Tamil)
Cinematography : Dordje Stozilkovic
Editing : Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music : Santosh Narayan
Banner : Vyjayanthi
Movies Release Date : 2024-06-27
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Kalki 2898 AD Ashwatthama’s killing in the Mahabharata war: Unable to bear the betrayal after the Kunjara episode, Ashwatthama uses an arrow on Abhimanyu’s pregnant wife Sasirekha. Lord Krishna curses Ashwatthama saying, “Your glory is over women”. But in Kaliyuga the time will come to save oneself. He says about deliverance from the curse that you will get deliverance only after saving me. After that 600 years later in the area around Kashi, there is a fight for the future between Ashwatthama (Amitabh Bachchan), Bhairava (Prabhas), Sumathi (Deepika Padukone) and Supreme Yaskin (Kamal Haasan).
Who is Bhairava who goes around with his vehicle buzzing like Jalsaga? What is the goal of Supreme Askin Project K? Why does Sumathi sacrifice the girls for Project K? Yaskin empire complex, what is the struggle between Shambala areas? What is Bhairava doing in Kashi? How did Sumathi escape from the strict complex and meet Ashwatthama? Who is Bhairava who came for Ashwatthama? Has the Ashwatthama Curse been absolved? The story of Kalki 2898 AD is the answer to the questions why Yaskin decided to hunt for the escaped Sumati.
The story starts with the backdrop of the Mahabharata war.. and then enters the world of 600 years of technology. Things like state-of-the-art vehicles and unimaginable things really thrill. But due to the lack of depth in the story, the film seems to move very slowly due to the introduction of the characters. But it will be a relief to have some roles like RGV, SS Rajamouli and Dulquer. But 20 minutes before the interval, the movie goes to another range. The first half ends with a good twist and the expectations for the second half increase.
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Kalki 2898 AD And the movie disappoints the audience who have high expectations on the second half. Sloppy storytelling doesn’t make sense of what’s going on. But the last 30 minutes of the movie not only gives the audience a new experience but also keeps them glued to the seats. It can be said that the fight between Amitabh and Prabhas in the second half gave energy to the movie. And the climactic twist, the Kamal (Yaskin) episode makes the movie a complete satisfaction of having seen a good movie. It can be said that it has raised the expectations on the second part.
But full credit for the movie Kalki 2898 AD should be given to Nag Ashwin and Amitabh. It must be said that the way Nag Ashwin has connected the story, mythology and advanced technology world is magic. The characters written by Nagy and the screenplay that follows are fresh and thrilling. It seems that if some trim was done in part one, the movie speed would have increased and the feeling of lag would not have come.
Kalki 2898 AD And it must be said that the audience of this generation got the chance to see Amitabh Bachchan actor Vishwaroop in Kalki movie. And Prabhas’s funny character feels good for the movie. Also, Prabhas’ action scenes are able to connect well with the mass audience. Deepika Padukone is an emotional character. Kamal Haasan has a very small role in this movie. But as long as his character is present on the screen. RGV, Rajamouli, Vijay Deverakonda and Dulquer’s roles will be a special attraction. Senior actress Shobhana has impressed in a good role.
When it comes to the performance of technical departments..the performance of cinematography, visual effects and art departments in this movie is excellent. Cinematography by Stojico Vick is good. But Santhosh Narayan’s music is minus. The background score in many scenes feels poor. The songs are very boring and unimpressive. And the production values are in accordance with the standards of Vyjayanthi Movies banner. If you look at the production values followed by C Ashwinidat, Priyanka and Swapna Dutt, it seems that they did not hesitate to spend. We should appreciate the efforts of Telugu cinema once again to show it to the world.