Synopsis
Kalki 2898-AD (2024) is an Indian science fiction epic from director Nag Ashwin — watch online on iFILM. The year is 2898, roughly six thousand years after the war of Kurukshetra, and Earth is split between an authoritarian emperor's fortress city and the dying wasteland surrounding it, where rebels shelter in Shambhala.
The film runs two timelines in parallel. Ashwatthama — the immortal warrior from the Mahabharata, cursed to walk the earth until the avatar Kalki arrives to end the dark age — is waiting. Amitabh Bachchan plays him with a stillness that commands the screen. Prabhas is Bhairava, a self-interested bounty hunter who stumbles into something far larger than the reward he's chasing. Deepika Padukone is the fugitive everyone wants, Kamal Haasan the emperor who wants her most.
At 161 minutes it functions as an origin chapter rather than a standalone story — an opening move in a planned larger saga. Stream Kalki 2898-AD online on iFILM.
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