Hollywood may not be a major force at San Diego Comedian-Con this 12 months, however India sure is. In a 12 months the place most major American studios had been pressured to skip the conference with out actors to seem on panels, or writers to write down upcoming motion pictures, the Indian manufacturing firm Vyjayanthi Films stepped in and selected the conference because the place to disclose it’s upcoming mega sci-fi blockbuster.
This blockbuster has, up till Comedian-Con, been solely known as “Venture Ok.” Billboards asking “What’s Venture Ok?” could be seen round San Diego. Followers carrying “What’s Venture Ok?” shirts had been seen strolling across the conference heart. After which, lastly, on a panel in Corridor H, it was revealed. “Venture Ok” is Kalki 2989-AD, a brand new sci-fi film from director Nag Ashwin starring a few of the largest names in Indian cinema like Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, and Disha Patani. Right here’s the teaser:
Which, even in the event you don’t know these very well-known actors, seems like a whole lot of enjoyable. And the group behind the film is aware of this. After the worldwide success of movies like RRR, the movie’s producers realized that motion pictures on the size of Kalki 2989-AD are not only for audiences in India. There’s worldwide crossover enchantment and, being because it’s being touted as one of many first Indian movies of this measurement to full embrace science fiction on this stage, they felt there was nothe place higher than San Diego Comedian-Con to first reveal it to the world.
And guess what? It labored. Take into account Kalki 2989-AD to be formally on our radar, even when the folks concerned had been very, very tight lipped about any plot specifics. Or possibly it was simply the boys in black armor strolling round Corridor H that had them scared.
The movie is scheduled for launch subsequent 12 months.
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