Kalki 2898 AD Box Office Day 11: Prabhas Delivers Blockbuster of the Year, Film Enters Rs 500 Cr In India

Kalki 2898 AD Box Office Collection Day 11: Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Kamal Haasan starrer has set box office on fire with Kalki 2898 AD. Directed by Nag Ashwin, Kalki 2898 AD has been unstoppable at the box office. The film was released late last month in five languages — Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, and within 11 days, it has earned Rs 500 crore in India alone.

As per Sacnilk.com, Kalki 2898 AD collected Rs 507 crore in India alone. The Telugu and Tamil versions of Kalki 2898 AD collected Rs 242.85 Cr and Rs 211.9 Cr, respectively. In Tamil, the film has so far earned Rs 30.1 Cr. The Malayalam version earned Rs 18.2 Cr while the Kannada version has collected Rs 3.95 Cr.

Kalki 2898 AD was made with a massive budget. In an interview with NDTV, Nag Ashwin revealed Prabhas believed in the project even when things got tough for the team. “He really believed in the project from the get-go. He believed even when things were taking too long, even when things were hard. He always believed in my project and in my vision. Even though I was only two films old, he was the biggest cheerleader for the film. He would say, ‘This is going to be massive, it’s going to be bigger than everything.'”

“He was pumping us up because we needed it, but he really believed in it. There were times when we would sit and talk, and those pumps were what we needed to get through. He was fully on board with this film once he signed on,” the filmmaker added.

Kalki 2898 AD is inspired from Mahabharata. Set in a dystopian future, the film revolves around four people — a pregnant woman named SUM-80 (Deepika Padukone), who is said to be carrying a child that is the 10th avatar of Vishnu; the immortal Ashwatthama (played by Amitabh Bachchan) who has been tasked to protect the unborn child; a ruthless villain named Supreme Yaskin (Kamal Haasan), who wants the child dead for he knows the child will be the end of the baddie; and Bhairava (Prabhas), a bounty hunter who would sell anyone in return of money.

The film ended on a cliffhanger note, opening the door to a sequel. Speaking to Times Now/Zoom, Ashwin reveals that he has already shot about 20 percent for the second part of Kalki 2898 AD.