Kalki 2898 AD: Nitish Bharadwaj Praises Nag Ashwin for 'Clever Use of Mahabharat Characters'

Nitish Bharadwaj is all praises for the Nag Ashwin directorial Kalki 2898 AD. The actor hailed the filmmaker for mixing science - fiction with mythology and showing the birth of Kalki with accuracy.

Hyderabad: Mahabharat fame actor Nitish Bharadwaj, who essayed the role of Lord Krishna in BR Chopra's 1988 television series, talked about Nag Ashwin's latest offering Kalki 2898 AD. In an interview with a news portal, Nitish lauded the director for making "clever use of Mahabharat characters and the futuristic birth of Kalki." He further stated that Hindi cinema producers "must learn from the South."

Nitish stated, "Nag Ashwin has made clever use of Mahabharat characters and the futuristic birth of Mahavishnu's last avatar Kalki. Hindi film producers must learn from the South, as they are so deeply rooted in our scriptures and epics that even their inspired versions appear correct. Kalki appears to have drawn visual inspiration from Mad Max films. However, it seemed different because the set and production design became less essential to me than the central plot. Ashwin combined the two superbly."

He also gave his predictions for the plot of the Kalki 2898 AD sequel. He stated: "Prabhas, aka Karna, will die in the ambition of being accepted by the villain despite Ashwatthama (Amitabh Bachchan) and Krishna showing him the path to redemption." Bharadwaj also showed keen interest in playing Krishna's role in the film, jokingly remarking that Nag will not have to look for actors as he was available for the part.

Talking about Krishna's casting, Nag recently shared his thoughts on the character and said: "The idea was to always keep him a silhouette and formless, without an identity. Otherwise, it just becomes a person or an actor. The idea was always to keep him dark-skinned and silhouetted, just like a mysterious figure. I think that'll (casting) go against the point."

Kalki 2898 AD, a mythological and sci-fi action film, was released globally on June 27 in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, and English. The film is bankrolled by Vyjayanthi Movies and stars Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Prabhas, Disha Patani, Saswata Chatterjee, and Shobhana, among others.

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