KALKI

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KALKI

2024

2h 45m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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In a future ruled by elites who revel in absolute luxury while leaving the rest of the world in darkness, a warrior must rise to protect the one who will bring a new tomorrow in this action packed science fiction epic.

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Critics Consensus

A colorful spectacle that competes with Hollywood blockbusters while retaining its own distinctive flavor, Kalki 2898 AD marks a rousing breakthrough in Tollywood sci-fi cinema.

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

07/15/2024

First of it's kind!

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

07/11/2024

Ultimately, for all its wildly entertaining elements, Kalki 2898 AD feels like too much of a good thing, resembling the sort of lavish buffet meal that leaves you feeling overstuffed and exhausted.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

06/29/2024

[A] wildly uneven mashup of everything from Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” to Marvel Comics movies, underpinned by elements from the Hindu epic poem “Mahabharata.”

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Jimmy Cage

Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube)

10/24/2024

5/10

KALKI 2898 AD is extremely ambitious and at least on this sci-fi scale unique in Indian Cinema. Unfortunately, the storytelling is also rather confusing and lackluster and never able to convey big emotions. Somehow it is always everywhere and nowhere.

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Rohan Naahar

The Indian Express

08/31/2024

Kalki 2898 AD isn’t a film; it’s a proposal for one. It ends not on a cliffhanger, but a call-to-action. It is — and there’s no better way to describe it — the cinematic equivalent of clickbait.

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Tatsam Mukherjee

The Wire (INDIA)

08/18/2024

You can tell a lot about a film’s collective smartness with the way it employs its star cameos.

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Harsha Reddy

Oct 14

Excellent visuals and storytelling, amazing elevations, loved it

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Vinod P

Sep 18

It's a brave attempt for ages. Nagi you didn't disappoint, thank you!

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nishram

Aug 18

Better than expected but still a long way from being a classic.

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Satish

05/01/2025

Good direction and wonderful acting by Nani

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jazz

02/02/2025

Overrated, Horrible !!

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Sankalp N

08/13/2024

Great attempt, for an Indian movie. And that qualification is why it's 4 stars instead of 5. Typical Hero stuff from Prabhas, but Amitabh and Kamal Hassan are also very good. Bramhandam is too talented to have such a fringe role. Disha Patani also should have had more action scenes.

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Synopsis

In a future ruled by elites who revel in absolute luxury while leaving the rest of the world in darkness, a warrior must rise to protect the one who will bring a new tomorrow in this action packed science fiction epic.

Director: Nag Ashwin
Producer: C. Ashwini Dutt
Screenwriter: Nag Ashwin
Distributor: Prathyangira Cinemas
Production Co: Vyjayanthi Movies
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: Telugu
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 26, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.2M
Runtime: 2h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1