# Prabhas’ Kalki 2898 AD led to shelving of Shahid Kapoor’s Ashwatthama 2026-08-17T19:41:37+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Shahid Kapoor's mythological action film Ashwatthama: The Saga Continues has been shelved. Producer Jackky Bhagnani said that Prabhas' Kalki 2898 AD, which featured Amitabh Bachchan as Ashwatthama in a major sci-fi setting, influenced the decision. The team felt the concept was no longer fresh enough for a big-budget project. The film was announced in 2024 and was to be directed by Sachin Ravi. Bhagnani confirmed that he and Shahid remain close friends and are still looking for a suitable project to collaborate on, but no new film has been announced yet. ## Coverage - 123telugu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Ashwatthama: The Saga Continues, Jackky Bhagnani, Kalki 2898 AD, Prabhas, Shahid Kapoor Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/prabhas-kalki-2898-ad-led-to-shelving-of-shahid-kapoors-ashwatthama/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/prabhas-kalki-2898-ad-led-to-shelving-of-shahid-kapoors-ashwatthama/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/