‘Worried’ Kamal Haasan took one year to say yes to Kalki 2898 AD, Prabhas asked, ‘Why would he do it?’. Watch

Prabhas revealed that the most difficult casting in Kalki 2898 AD was of Kamal Haasan, which took one year.

New Delhi | June 24, 2024 12:50 PM IST

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Kamal Haasan plays villain in Kalki 2898 AD. (Photo: Kalki 2898 AD trailer/Vyjayanthi Network YouTube)

Nag Ashwin’s dream project Kalki 2898 AD is just three days away from its release date. While the anticipation for the film is at its peak, a video of the cast of the film along with producers Priyanka and Swapna Dutt is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, they can be seen discussing how they cast Kamal Haasan for the film and the hard work that went behind convincing him. “One of the most difficult casting ever was Kamal sir”, says Swapna Dutt.

The viral video is from the pre-release event in Mumbai, where actors Amitabh Bacchchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone, Prabhas, and Aswini Dutt’s daughters Swapna and Priyanka can be seen sitting together.

Soon, Swapna is heard saying, “And also I have to say that one of the most difficult casting ever was of Kamal sir.” To this Prabhas adds, “Kamal sir, yeah, he was so worried.” Swapna then continues, “You know we were shooting, but then like, ‘Yaskin, when is Yaskin coming? The whole film is Yaskin but where is Yaskin?’ And how would you cast this person who is equal and true or like mightier than these two superheroes? Who is it? And then we could only think of Kamal sir. It took us one year to figure this.” Prabhas added, “I was like why will he do it? Don’t torture me. Just leave.”

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Soon Kamal Haasan pitched in, “It’s not a question of torture. Self-doubt comes you know. He has done this. (Pointing towards Amitabh and Prabhas) What am I going to do? That was the reason. And it’s not that I’ve played bad guys before. Even as a lead bad guy, psychopaths and all that. But this is something else.”

Prabhas then can be seen joining his hands and agreeing with Kamal that a role like this for him was his first time. He said with joining hands, “We are lucky to have Kamal sir.”

Kalki 2898 AD, which was in the making for 5 years, and is reportedly made on a budget of ₹600 crore, is all set to hit the theatres on June 27. After multiple delays, the film will release worldwide in multiple languages.

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