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Filmi Score
Very good
24 reviews
71
What the critics say
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Critics call Kalki a visually spectacular, hugely ambitious mythological sci-fi epic anchored by towering Amitabh Bachchan (and often Kamal Haasan) performances and a thrilling climax, but nearly all flag a slow, overstuffed first half and weaker writing.
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Summary
Kalki 2898-AD (2024, Telugu) has a Filmi Score of 71 from 24 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
In the year 2898 AD, around 6000 years after Kurukshetra war, Ashwatthama gears up for his final battle of redemption at the sign of hope in a dystopian world and Bhairava, a wisecracking and self-interested bounty hunter, tired of the perilous life becomes the hurdle in the process.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Nag Ashwin · written by Nag Ashwin & Sai Madhav Burra & B. S. Sarwagna Kumar · music Santhosh Narayanan
Nag AshwinDirector · Writer
Sai Madhav BurraWriter
B. S. Sarwagna KumarWriter
Santhosh NarayananMusic
Đorđe StojiljkovićCinematography
Kotagiri Venkateswara RaoEditing
Amitabh BachchanLead
Prabhas
Deepika Padukone
Kamal Haasan
Saswata Chatterjee
Shobana
Rajendra Prasad
Pasupathy
Anna Ben
Keya Nair
Harshith Malgireddy
Ayaz Pasha
Full crew
Production designNitin Zihani Choudhary · Rembon Balraj · Anil Jadhav · R C Velu · Santosh Shetty
CostumeArchana Rao
LyricsChandrabose
VFXPraveen Kilaru
ActionAndy Long Nguyen · Real Satheesh · Arivumani · Nick Powell · Peter Hein · Anbumani · King Solomon
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Summary
In the year 2898 AD, around 6000 years after Kurukshetra war, Ashwatthama gears up for his final battle of redemption at the sign of hope in a dystopian world and Bhairava, a wisecracking and self-interested bounty hunter, tired of the perilous life becomes the hurdle in the process.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
24 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 24 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 27 Jun 2024
Aswanth calls Kalki an extraordinarily high-quality spectacle, praising its VFX, music, the Amitabh-Prabhas face-off and technical craft, with… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
86
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 27 Jun 2024
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 82
80
YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 27 Jun 2024
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 80
80
3.25/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 80
65
Avad Mohammad · 27 Jun 2024
Kalki 2898 AD Review - A visual spectacle that commands a big screen watch Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 80
60
Neeshita Nyayapati · 27 Jun 2024
Nag Ashwin's mythology-meets-dystopia epic is gutsy and visually ambitious, anchored by towering Bachchan and Haasan turns, and the reviewer says… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
ramakrishna · 26 Jun 2024
Kalki 2898 AD Movie Review : Truly Visual Spectacle Read it there →
Published · 3.25/5
Filmi’s reading 78
65
Anupama Chopra · YouTube · transcript read · 27 Jun 2024
The reviewer recommends this ambitious sci-fi mythology despite an overstuffed, disjointed script and underused characters, citing its visual… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 27 Jun 2024
The reviewer calls Kalki 2898-AD a good film with a goosebump-inducing, next-level climax, top-notch technicals and strong performances, but flags… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Leslie Felperin · 28 Jun 2024
The critic calls the film mostly a hoot, delighting in its maximalist mythology-meets-sci-fi spectacle and inventive visual design, despite… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Raghav Pillutla · 29 Jun 2024
The critic calls the film a spectacular audiovisual achievement — world-building, VFX, sound and cinematography all singled out — but says the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 27 Jun 2024
3.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 76
70
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 27 Jun 2024
Jamwal calls Kalki's first half flat, emotionally distant, and overlong on Prabhas's comic banter, but says the second half — Amitabh Bachchan's… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 27 Jun 2024
Unni finds Kalki heavily derivative of Hollywood sci-fi in a slow first half, but says Amitabh Bachchan's Ashwatthama and the VFX elevate it… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Varun · YouTube, Kannada · transcript read · 27 Jun 2024
Varun praises Kalki's ambitious blending of myth and sci-fi, its strong climax and performances, especially Amitabh and Prabhas, but flags… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Ronak Kotecha · 27 Jun 2024
Kalki 2898 - AD Movie Review: Big B's powerful punches and stunning visuals shine above the film's flaws Read it there →
Published · 3.0/5
Filmi’s reading 63
60
Monika Rawal Kukreja · 27 Jun 2024
Kukreja calls Kalki a chaotic, overlong mythological sci-fi epic weighed down by a convoluted, snoozy first half, redeemed partly by a stronger,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
62
YouTube · transcript read · 27 Jun 2024
Tyagi finds Kalki's screenplay incoherent, its stakes unclear, and its ideas thrown at viewers without shape, wasting Deepika Padukone and Anna… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
BVS Prakash · 27 Jun 2024
The critic admires the technical scale and Amitabh Bachchan's and Kamal Haasan's performances but says the plot is wafer-thin and contrived,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
52
Shubhra Gupta · 27 Jun 2024
Kalki 2898 AD movie review: Prabhas overshadowed by towering Amitabh Bachchan in Nag Ashwin’s ambitious, star-studded spectacle Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 48
50
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 27 Jun 2024
The critic credits Amitabh Bachchan's performance and the technical craft while arguing the writing fails the vision, leaving other characters and… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
48
Pratikshya Mishra · 27 Jun 2024
The critic finds the screenplay flat and convoluted, its social commentary superficial, and several performances underwhelming, crediting only the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
35
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 24 readings; 10 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch Kalki 2898-AD?
Kalki 2898-AD is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Kalki 2898-AD?
Kalki 2898-AD has a Filmi Score of 71 (Very good), the mean of 24 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 35 (The Quint) to 86 (Aswanth Kok). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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