Prabhas Doubles Up as Bhairava From Kalki 2898 AD For New IPL 2024 Promo, Video Goes Viral

Prabhas slipped into his Bhairava look from his upcoming film, Kalki 2898 AD, for a new IPL 2024 promo. The promo played on the small screen on Tuesday. In the promo, that was also shared on Reddit by a social media user, Prabhas hyped the upcoming ‘Maha Match of the Week’. This week, it is between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. The match is set to take place on Saturday, May 3.

In the promo, Prabhas walks through a futuristic set up in his armour and talks about cricket. “Cricket is like war. Hold your breath, this is IPL’s maha match. For tomorrow, play today,” he says. Watch the video below:

The new promo was released just days after a teaser, poster and release date of Kalki 2898 AD was shared. In the poster, Prabhas posed with Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan. The new poster caught everyone’s attention, with a section of social media also comparing it with Dune.

During a recent event, a student asked Nag why his film resembled Dune and if they had any similarities. The student said, “Project K (the film’s working title) looks a lot like the Hollywood movie Dune when it comes to the theme and the art work.” To this, Nag Ashwin replied, “It’s because of the sand. They (another student) noticed the film has sand in it, no? Basically, whenever there’s sand, it’ll look like Dune.”

Earlier, Nag spoke about the film’s inspiration at the Synapse 2024 event in Gurgaon. He said, “The film starts with Mahabharat and ends in 2898 AD. It spans 6000 years in time. We tried to create worlds, imagining what they would be like while still keeping it Indian and not making it look like Blade Runner.”

Although the makers are yet to shed more light on Deepika’s role in the film, it is rumoured that Deepika is playing Prabhas’ wife in the film. The actress is likely to play the role of Padma. As per the Vedas, Padma is the wife of Lord Kalki. However, Nag Ashwin has not addressed the speculations.