Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Kalki 2898 AD was recently released on Netflix and Prime Video in various languages. Director Nag Ashwin recalled shooting days and said that he was surprised to see that Amitabh Bachchan is a ‘big fanboy’ of Prabhas.
Kalki 2898 AD, director Nag Ashwin shared, “Prabhas garu is a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan, he was overwhelmed. He was there when we shot the first scene of Ashwatthama. After he gave the clap, he was standing in the background somewhere and saying, ‘I can’t believe this man is on set, I can’t believe I am going to act with him.’ He was in complete awe. Prabhas is very humble, but he was even more overwhelmed.”
Nag Ashwin added, “What was even more surprising was to see, how big a fanboy is Bachchan sir of Prabhas. He went back and said, ‘Can you believe it is the Baahubali, your fans are going to be so angry because Nagi is making me hit you. What is going on?’ He was fully excited whenever he had a scene with Prabhas. There were some scenes I could not shoot together, but separately, and he would be so disappointed, saying, ‘But I want to do that scene with Prabhas.’ He is just such a big fan of the personality and phenomenon that Prabhas has become.”
The Kalki 2898 AD director recalled how Amitabh Bachchan called up Prabhas after watching Salaar-Part 1. “On one of the last days of shoot, after Salaar was released he was so excited, he called him and said I watched it twice and you were amazing in the film. Both have amazing mutual admiration.”
Kalki 2898 AD witnessed massive success at the box office, the film went on to collect more than Rs 1100 crores worldwide becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 2024. Besides Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan, the film also featured Deepika Padukone and Kamal Haasan in key roles. Nag Ashwin has previously confirmed that the film’s sequel is in the works and will explore Kamal Haasan’s character’s true ambitions.
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