Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in Kalki 2898 AD this weekend. (Pic: Viral Bhayani)
Amitabh Bachchan revealed he is reading the Ramcharitmanas. The actor shared this update as his fans count down to his upcoming release, Kalki 2898 AD.
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan revealed he was reading a few pages of the Ramcharitmanas. He was reading it just days before his highly-anticipated film, Kalki 2898 AD is set to release. Big B shares the screen with Prabhas, Deepika Padukone and Kamal Haasan. Late Monday night, Amitabh took to his blog to share a picture of one of the pages of the Ramcharitmanas along with his manifestation.
“We are in time after ages .. and the age of the ages is beginning to get a control .. which is recommended and practised all over .. so the effect of that early bird shall be exercised and the results reverted upon ..” Amitabh wrote before sharing the picture of the script.
He then tried to translate the verses seen in the picture. “Without knowing divinity , there is no belief .. without belief there is no love , and without love how can there be devotion .. just like the reflected smoothness of water is never still or stagnant .. without a guru, there can be no learning ; without reclusion, quietude can there be learning .. the Veda and the Puraan say that without the prayer devotion to Hari , can there be peace and calm,” he translated.
“Can a boat ever move without being in water .. without the earth can there be trees that grow .. and many more such examples .. to exemplify the presence and the prayers to the Almighty , the absence of which a lot is not possible,” he concluded the translation.
Amitabh then wrote, “I pray for eternal peace and calm .. Who so ever listens to it , may there be fructification.”
His post comes amid the countdown to Kalki 2898 AD. Amitabh Bachchan plays the role of Ashwatthama who will lock horns with Prabhas’ Bhairava. At a recent press conference for the film’s promotion, Amitabh confessed he was taken aback with the concept of Kalki 2898 AD. “When Nag Ashwin came and explained his idea to me, for the long time after he left I was thinking, ‘what the hell is Nagi drinking?’” Amitabh said, leaving Rana and his other co-stars in splits.
“To see something like this which is absolutely outrageous, some of the visuals that you have seen are unbelievable. To have somebody conceive a project which is so futuristic and possible… and during the making of the film you realise that no matter what he thought of he actually brought all the material, all the effects, every kind of vision that he had to the screen and that’s been really amazing. For me to be just a part of it, has been an experience I’ll never forget,” he added.
Kalki 2898 AD is set to release on June 27, 2024.
