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Kalki 2898 A.D
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Official film logo
Directed byNag Ashwin
Produced byC. Aswani Dutt
Written byNag Ashwin
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (script guidance)
Dialogues by
Starring
Music bySanthosh Narayanan
CinematographyDjordje Stojiljkovic
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Release date
  • 12 January 2024 (2024-01-12)
CountryIndia
Language
  • Telugu
  • Hindi
Budget600 crore[1]

Kalki 2898-A.D is an upcoming Indian epic science fiction film written and directed by Nag Ashwin. It is produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. The film stars an ensemble cast including Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Disha Patani and Pasupathy.

The film was announced under the working title Project K in February 2020 coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Vyjayanthi Movies. However, the production was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming began in July 2021 in a futuristic set at Ramoji Film City, in Hyderabad. It was shot in simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi.[2]

Kalki 2898 AD is made on a budget of 600 crore (US$84 million), making it the most expensive Indian film ever made. The film's music score is composed by Santhosh Narayanan with cinematography by Djordje Stojiljkovic and production design by Nitin Zihani Choudhary. Kalki 2898 AD is scheduled to be released in cinemas in 2024.[3]

Cast

Production

Development

Following the 2018 biographical film Mahanati, director Nag Ashwin stated in August 2019 that he has been working on an original story and screenplay for a long time which would go on floors soon.[4] The same month, Vyjayanthi Movies revealed their plans to begin Ashwin's film in September that year and invited visual artists, designers and writers to join the production.[5]

Vyjayanthi Movies officially announced in February 2020 that their next film with Ashwin would star Prabhas.[6] It is intended to mark 50 years since the establishment of their studio.[7] The film is produced by Ashwin's father-in-law C. Aswani Dutt.[8]

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  3. "Prabhas' 'Adipurush' and 'Project K' to release in English". The Times of India. 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. K., Janani (14 August 2019). "Mahanati director Nag Ashwin: I thought Bollywood will get National Awards, not Keerthy Suresh". India Today. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. "Mahanati director's next from September". Telugu Cinema. 7 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022.
  6. Kavirayani, Suresh (28 February 2020). "Nag Ashwin to direct Prabhas's 21st film". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
  7. "Prabhas to work with 'Mahanati' director Nag Ashwin next". The Hindu. PTI. 26 February 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "Prabhas' next with Nag Ashwin to go on floors from October. Release in 2022". The Times of India. 8 May 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022.