Streamers Watching Kalki 2898 AD On Fast Forward Because It Is 'Unbearable', Reactions Go Viral

Kalki 2898 AD On OTT: After a thunderous success on the big screen the Nag Ashwin directorial premiered on multiple OTT platforms on August 22. The movie, set years after the Kurukshetra war, features Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan Disha Patani in key roles. While the film broke several box office records upon release, Kalki 2898 AD has seemingly failed to impress the audience following its OTT debut.

Kalki 2898 AD OTT debut leaves netizens unimpressed, complaining of slow screenplay

Kalki 2898 AD premiered on Netflix in Hindi on August 22 and in other languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada on Amazon Prime Video. Viewers who watched the film online took to their social media accounts to share their reviews of the Prabhas starrer. Most netizens complained of the movie having a slow screenplay and average performance by Prabhas.

The online premiere of the movie comes amid the recent controversy of Arshad Warsi drawing parallels between Prabhas' characterisation with a circus clown. Several users who watched the movie seem to agree with the Munna Bhai star. Others have been sharing raging reviews of Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone. Most users complained that the screenplay of the movie was too slow and they had to fast forward many parts of it.

Why did Arshad Warsi call Prabhas a ‘joker’?

Talking about Kalki 2898 AD in an interview, Arshad first praised the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, who stars in the film but called Prabhas' characterisation in it "joker-like". This upset many of the Baahubali star's fans. Arshad said, “Maine Kalki dekhi, mujhe toh nhi acchi lagi. Mujhe bahut takleef hoti hai jab hein. Amit ji was (mind-blown sounds) unbelievable. I can't understand that man. I swear if we got the power he has, life ban jaae. He's unreal."

He further added, “Prabhas, I am really sad, why was he… he was like a joker. Why? I want to see a Mad Max. I want to see Mel Gibson over there. Tumne usko kya bana dia yaar. Kyu karte ho aisa mujhe nahi samajh mein aata." The comment has left people divided both online and within industries.