Kalki 2898 AD premieres with stolen content (Vyjayanthi Movies/Sung Choi)
The Baahubali movies were an unexpected phenomenon that brought Indian cinema back to the global stage after a long lull. However, whatever high-budget project the Baahubali star Prabhas has moved to next, controversy has followed.
The latest outrage has come after the first trailer for the Nag Ashwin sci-fi action film, Kalki 2898 AD, was released this week. While the film has already received flak from some for not delivering a trailer worthy of its astounding Rs 600 crore budget, the criticism reached an unexpected crescendo after a South Korean artist claimed that the movie blatantly copied some original elements from his artwork from a decade ago.
Kalki 2898 AD is a forthcoming epic science fiction film that promises to be one of India’s most monumental cinematic endeavours. Headlined by Prabhas as Bhairava, an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, and Amitabh Bachchan portraying the ageless Ashwatthama, the film combines mythological themes with futuristic storytelling. It is one of the most expensive productions in Indian cinema.
The artist, Sung Choi, has worked as a concept illustrator for Marvel Studios, Disney, Warner Bros, and Netflix, among a host of other production houses. The illustration, called ‘Crash Site of ARK’, which seems to depict some sort of dilapidated structure amidst a desert-like scape, is morphed and added to the first shot of the trailer as it introduces the film’s production house, Vyjayanthi Movies.
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