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Kalki 2898 AD box office collection day 9: Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD starring Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan collected ₹431.75 crore on its second Friday, according to sacnilk.com. The film collected ₹774 crore at the box office worldwide. (Also Read: Kalki 2898 AD box office collection day 8: Prabhas, Deepika Padukone’s dystopian film makes ₹414.25 cr in its first week)
Kalki 2898 AD earned ₹95.3 crore on its opening day on June 27. It saw a dip in collections on Friday, earning ₹59.3 crore, before business picked up on Saturday, raking in ₹66.2 crore. On Sunday, business picked up further, earning the makers ₹88.2 crore. Business dipped during the week, with Monday bringing in ₹34.15 crore, ₹27.05 crore on Tuesday and on Wednesday the film made ₹22.7 crore. On Thursday, Kalki 2898 AD made ₹21.8 crore and on Friday, it made ₹16.9 crore, taking the total to ₹431.75 crore.
Nag has been teasing details about the film’s sequel since its release. While the film’s ending sets up a war between Ashwatthama, Karna and Supreme Yaskin, it remains to be seen what else is in store. Talking about the film at a press meet in Hyderabad, the director claimed he opted to divide the film into two parts because it was difficult to explore four characters in one film. He also said that new worlds will be explored apart from Kashi, Shambala and Complex shown in Kalki 2898 AD. However, only a small portion of the film has been shot and people will have to wait for the sequel.
Kalki 2898 AD is a film that mixes sci-fi with mythological elements. Prabhas plays a bounty hunter called Bhairava from Kashi, and Deepika plays a pregnant test subject called SU-M80, while Amitabh plays Ashwatthama from Indian mythology. Kamal plays Supreme Yaskin, the leader of the Complex.
Kalki 2898 AD is turning out to be a box office sensation, as it receives high praise from fans as well as several members of the film industry. Nag Ashwin’s sci-fi epic starring Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, and Kamal Haasan has already collected ₹774 crore worldwide. Now, in an interview with Pinkvilla, Nag revealed how supportive an actor Prabhas was from the very beginning, and went on to praise his work. He also revealed how Prabhas did not have any second thoughts about a scene that involved Amitabh Bachchan hitting him. (Also read: Kalki 2898 AD worldwide box office collection day 8: Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan film makes ₹774 crore)
What Nag said
In the interview, Nag was asked whether Prabhas had any issues with so much focus of the film being directed on the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone. To this, Nag replied, “I don’t think we had those sort of discussions. For a star of his stature, Prabhas has very little issues about things like this. He is fully for the story. Once he listened and okay-ed the story way back in the day, he has been fully onboard and very supportive.”
‘Prabhas was totally onboard’
“I think in retrospect, I feel that it was a big deal for a mainstream actor to get hit by another actor; Living in a world where all these heroes are untouchable. So it was a big deal but he [Prabhas] was totally onboard. He wanted to get hit by Amitabh Bachchan. It was awesome. He was like, ‘Sir, hold me tighter,'” Nag added.
In Kalki 2898 AD, Prabhas plays a bounty hunter called Bhairava from Kashi, while Deepika plays a pregnant test subject called SU-M80 aka Sumathi. Meanwhile, Amitabh plays Ashwatthama and Kamal Haasan plays Supreme Yaskin, the leader of the Complex. The film released in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi in 2D and 3D.
