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Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan and Deepika Padukone starrer Kalki 2898 AD has grossed over Rs 700 crore at the global box office read more
 "'We think that South filmmakers have more respect for our traditions, but...'")
Director Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD has turned out to be a global phenomenon at the box office. While the film is shattering several records at the ticket windows, veteran actor Mukesh Khanna known for portraying the character of Bhishma in BR Chopra’s television series Mahabharat has bashed the movie for twisting the Hindu epic.
“In the beginning, when Krishna curses Ashwatthama by removing his ‘mani’, this never happened. I want to ask the makers, how could you presume to know more than the Vyas muni, who said that what doesn’t exist here cannot exist elsewhere? It wasn’t Krishna who removed Ashwatthama’s ‘mani’. I’ve been reading the Mahabharata since childhood; I can tell you that it was Draupadi who instructed that his ‘mani’ should be removed, after he killed all five of her children,” said Mukesh Khanna on his YouTube channel while admiring the production values of revealing he enjoyed Kalki 2898 AD .
— Kalki 2898 AD (@Kalki2898AD) July 3, 2024He continued, “There was a big battle between Arjun and Ashwatthama. They were wielding the ‘Brahmastra’, but only Arjun knew how to reverse the attack. Because Ashwatthama couldn’t, he decided to fire the Brahmastra towards Abhimanyu’s wife. Krishna protected her for nine months because she was pregnant. The reason I’m telling this story in such detail is because I don’t understand how Krishna could command Ashwatthama to protect him in the future in Kalki? How can someone as powerful as Krishna ask someone like Ashwatthama to protect him?”
“The liberties that you’ve taken are inexcusable. We think that South filmmakers have more respect for our traditions, but what happened here?” the Shaktimaan star said adding, “The level of intellect with which the film has been made is fine for Hollywood. People are more intelligent than us over there. Forgive me, but audiences in Odisha and Bihar are not going to understand this kind of filmmaking.”
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