Kalki 2898 AD: The Mahabharata Tribute | Spoiler Talk | Top 10 Things Right & Wrong With Kalki

Correction: The parallel created with Yaskin's character is with the demon Kali, not goddess Kali, another case of me not proof reading my editors work. The demon that appears at the end of the Kaliyug to face Kalki

Not showing Krishna's face was to provide the feeling of making him more of an abstract being beyond the reality and our perception-the supra consciousness. A good decision.

Ending was literally mind blowing. Gandiv bow which was made for to establish dharma is now in hands of adharmi. And Vijay bow used by karna on the side of adharma will be used for establish and protect dharma.

Seeing the awesome Mahabharata scenes in Kalki, I wished someone would actually make Mahabharata with this kind of visual effects... It would be so so amazing!!

Did anyone realize the parallel between deepika's entry into kashi and Draupadi birth through yajna? The wind blowing to let her walk through the fire similar to yamuna parting to allow Vasudeva cross the river. Deepika asking questions about concept of marriage just like Draupadi supposed to have asked about worldly things after her yajna birth.

Amitabh Bachchan's voice in itself is enough to send chills down the spine! What a towering presence the Man has.

Broooo,The last Cut,when Krishna elevates about Karna and then Prabhas' face is revealed with the "veera veera..." BGM Cut by "A film by nag Ashwin" gave me a different high😭😭

Prabhas might be the only actor who delivered adipurush and kalki in just a year gap The difference is huge😂😂

A lot of ppl who know Mahabharatha but still missed this reference at the beginning of the movie - "Ashwatthama hathaha ... kunjaraha (whisper) ". This is a ploy played by Pandavas to kill Drona, the father of Ashwathama and the teacher of Arjuna. They name an elephant with his son's name and kill it on the battlefield (you can notice a dead elephant on battlefield when this phrase comes in the intro) and say "Ashwatthama is dead" for Dhronacharya to hear, and "kunjaraha (elephant)" slowly so that they can deceive him on the battlefield to think his son was dead (and technically not telling a lie since Ashwathama the elephant is actually dead). This makes it easier for them to kill Drona since he is distraught because he thinks his son is dead, and gets distracted in the battlefield. Many such underhanded tactics are played by both sides in Kurushketra war which is the reason why it is said that this war marks the beginning of Kali Yuga - the age where ppl start losing their moral compass, become selfish and less intelligent.

Bringing Karna into the equation was the most brilliant decision Nagi has made in this film... I don't know this is the same train of thoughts he followed but the way I see it is... Before the war Krishna and Karna had a conversation where krishna tries to bring him to the Pandava camp but Karna refuses.. Then he says to Krishna that he knows that the Pamdavas are going to win the war.. He says if f he survives the war he hopes he and Krishna become friends for life and if he doesn't better so in the next life to which Krishna agrees and embraces him.... So supposed this is the rebirth where Karna (as usual) is on the wrong side but this time he will have his redemption and join the right side.. And in the process he will have the opportunity to save Krishna's incarnation.... Which is so absolutely amazing. Also the Karna Krishna scene is legit from Mahabharat not from any novel

The first half introduced us to the world, but second half is the proof that this universe is going to get bigger and bigger

Bhairav being repeatedly called/suggested to be 'selfish' when Mahabharat's Karna is the literal symbol of 'selflessness' was such an interesting take. The reincarnated version being the opposite of the og personality is indeed an intriguing thought.

Mahabharat scenes were the best things about the movie. They said, During Mahabharat times, warriors were 8 feet tall. If Ashwathama is this powerful, imagine how powerful Parashuram and Hanuman will be!

Sonu Sood as a younger ashwatthama would've made a spot on choice, as that was my first impression while seeing the trailer.. too sad to see a 3d kinda model as a younger version ..

AMITABH BACHCHAN'S SONG IS PEAK 🔥🔥IT IS PLAYING ON LOOP IN MY HEAD I WANT TO LISTEN THE FULL VERSION WITH THAT ANIMATION SO BADLY

Just wanted to point one thing out, Karna was trained by Bhagwan Parshurama. Potentially, they can show DQ Salman’s character as Parshurama and then both Bhairava and Captain will train Kalki. ( As in scriptures, there is a mention of Parshurama training Kalki for battle) And there is one more theory as well. Yaskin (Kamal Hasan’s character) is actually in need of that serum to become Kalki him self. He wants to be god like figure as you can see in initial shots of Yaskin that he sits in Dhyan Mudra so that made me think that Yaskin him self wants to be god but while trying to be Kalki, he actually became Kali by doing all the bad stuff.

As an American who knows little about this part of Indian history, the end battle was still exciting and breathtaking. I didn't know who Prahbas was, but I knew he was a hero who would be amazing.

In the interval scene bhairava is holding that fallen wheel in the same way that Karna holded in kurukshetra war. It was a superb symbolism tharmt @punk in fiction pointed out.

I actually liked Vjd's potrayal of Arjun. What most of us think is that Arjun was a very humble and quiet warrior which has been portrayed in tv serials but in reality and according to puranas Arjun was quite pompous and proud of his abilities. Which actually matched vijay's real life confident persona.

One more parallel that I really loved was how in the original Mahabharat, Karna was cursed to forget all his knowledge when it mattered most, whereas here, he remembered all his powers when it mattered most, albeit for a brief period. So when the final war happens, he will be completely reacquainted with his knowledge, free of his curse, to finally fight for dharma.