Kalki 2898 AD: Abhishek Bachchan lauds father's portrayal of Ashwatthama, says 'The Boss'

Amitabh Bachchan's look from Nag Ashwin's film 'Kalki 2898 AD' was unveiled on April 21. The actor's family expressed admiration for his portrayal of Ashwatthama.

Amitabh Bachchan's look from 'Kalki 2898 AD' unveiled on April 21. Family members express admiration for his portrayal of Ashwatthama.

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan's look from Nag Ashwin’s epic sci-fi dystopian film 'Kalki 2898 AD' was released on Sunday, April 21. Like his many fans, his actor-son Abhishek Bachchan, daughter Shweta Bachchan and granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda were in awe of his look as Ashwatthama, son of Guru Dronacharya, in the film.

Abhishek re-posted Big B's look from 'Kalki 2898 AD' on his Instagram story and added the twinkle-eyed emoticon. He also reshared the teaser introducing Amitabh Bachchan's character from the film and captioned it, "THE BOSS!!!!" Abhishek also dropped fire emojis in the comments section of Amitabh's post.

Shweta Bachchan, who "cannot wait" to watch her father on-screen, wrote, "Just amazing," in the comments section of Amitabh's Instagram post. Her daughter Navya also reposted the teaser and her grandfather's look from 'Kalki 2898 AD' on social media. She captioned her post, "He's here."

Navya, daughter of Shweta Bachchan and Nikhil Nanda, also shared the teaser and poster of 'Kalki 2898 AD' featuring Amitabh Bachchan.

Amitabh Bachchan, 81, also shared his character posters on his blog and along with it, he mentioned how his request to release the teaser on his blog was not followed. He wrote, "It did not open here and it has, I believe displayed at 7:15 pm on the TV channel .. but here no sight despite the request...well at times your requests are not followed .. or not been allowed to be followed...".

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However, the Bollywood star also said that working on 'Kalki 2898 AD' was a great experience. He wrote on Instagram, "It’s been an experience for me like no other...The mind to think such a product, the execution the exposure to modern technology and above all the company of colleagues with stratospheric Super star presence..(sic)."

Bankrolled by C Aswani Dutt under the banner of Vyjayanthi Movies, the music for 'Kalki 2898 AD' is composed by Santhosh Narayanan. The film also stars Prabhas, Kamal Haasan, and Deepika Padukone in lead roles.

In January, the makers announced that the film will be released on May 9, 2024. However, there have been no updates regarding the same for a long time now.

Edited By: Puja Mahanta

Published On: Apr 22, 2024