The makers of Kalki 2898 AD hosted a pre-release event in Mumbai, attended by The Free Press Journal and graced by the star cast: Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, and Amitabh Bachchan. Prabhas expressed his gratitude and said that it feels like a dream to work with such actors on screen. "The first time I met Amitabh sir and touched his feet, he said, 'Don't do it, and if you do it, then I will also do it'.
" Prabhas praised Bachchan, recalling how his uncles emulated the actor's hairstyle. The Baahubali actor added that he always wanted to work with Deepika. "She attained stardom across the globe.
Deepika is a gorgeous, beautiful, and a great actress," he said. A post shared by The Free Press Journal (@freepressjournal) Kamal Haasan, who plays an antagonist, said that he always wanted to play a bad man because he gets to do all the good things. "I thought I was going to play the bad man so it's going to be fun.
But then Nag Ashwin wanted it to be different. I'm almost like a sage in the film with a bad idea. We had a lot to talk about the look, and also not look like something else that I had done already or somebody else had done already.
" The 69-year-old actor said he travelled with the team to Los Angeles to get the right look for his character. Bachchan, who will be seen as Ashwatthama, said that when Nag Ashwin came and explained the idea to him, he was thinking, 'What the hell is Nag drinking?' He added, "It was absolutely something outrageous. It's just unbelie.
