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The irony of Ashwatthama of all people going “no warrior deserves to die like that” about Karna in Kalki, when he was involved in Abhimanyu’s death, slaughtered the Pandava army at night, Dhrishtadyumna, tried and failed to commit a genocide, almost murdered a foetus, and saw his own father’s head being chopped off in what was possibly one of the worst things that happened in the entire Kurukshetra is just-

To reinforce just how terrible this is, here is Arjun, AFTER Ashwatthama slaughtered his entire army and family countering his Brahmasira released to destroy his grandson, still praying for Ashwatthama’s welfare.

The mighty-armed one spoke to Arjuna. "O Arjuna! O Pandava! O Arjuna! In your mind, you have the knowledge of the divine weapon that was instructed to you by Drona. The time to use it has arrived. O descendant of the Bharata lineage! It is needed to save yourself and your brothers. You should release it, since it is capable of countering all weapons."

Having been thus addressed by Keshava, Pandava, the destroyer of enemy heroes, swiftly descended from the chariot and grasped his bow and an arrow. The scorcher of enemies spoke words of welfare, addressed to his preceptor's son, then to himself and all his brothers. He bowed to the gods and all his pre-ceptors. Meditating and pronouncing auspicious words, he released that weapon, so as to pacify the other weapon.

- BORI CE

Arjun who is so kind, who is so empathetic, who is the only one in all the world who understands just how much it hurts Ashwatthama to have lost Drona, who is so quick and easy to forgive crimes against himself, Arjun who couldn’t bring himself to kill Ashwatthama even on Day Fourteen, Ashwatthama who knew even in the end that if he had told Arjun to desist from war, that he would have because of how much they loved each other, that Arjun and Ashwatthama.

They deserve better than this.

[zeherili-ankhein]

Okay so I need to quickly say something about the Kalki movie's thing regarding Arjun vs Karna.

In its defense, I feel like since Ashwatthama was the one who narrated the story, obviously he picked his friend's side, and said that he was more powerful than Arjun. It'd simply make sense from his perspective. Calling Arjun more powerful when we all know he and Duryodhan especially thought the exact opposite till forever, would be pretty unrealistic tbh.

Nahhh not exactly.... Because in the Mahabharata Ashwa was not exactly Karna's friend.... They were not very friendly 💀 lmao...

I mean there are instances where Ashwatthama called bullshit on Karna for bragging about how he was better than Arjun

My personal favourite right here, when Ashwa went boom after Karna had insulted Drona (sorry for so much of highlighting I like to do that a lot T_T)

I especially like the part where he called Karna unmanly for bragging lmao... My boy was even praising Arjun infront of Karna.

So imo it was pretty unrealistic to show Ashwatthama praising Karna so much...

Am I saying they couldn't have ahown that scene? No ofcourse not. They could have definitely shown Ashwatthama praising someone other than Arjun

But did it had to be Karna? NO DUCKING WAY 💀

Also this post is for all the Karna simps. Cry about it your hero is not so great. Ashwatthama agrees.

[ms-potato]

WHAT the actual hell was kalki???

It took me 2 hours to process the whole movie

On my way home, the whole ride, I was like: 😮

The fact that it is hindu mythology and literally related to mahabharat, my 2 most favorite interests??

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT PART!!

KALKI GIRLIES, RISE!!

I'll make an in depth post of what I think about it if I have time 🥲

[celestesinsight]

Kalki 2898AD Release Trailer - Bhairava Character Analysis!

There are many theories circulating about Bhairava's character and its importance in the movie. Here's my two cents regarding this. And to be honest, it isn't entirely my views too. It's what we came up when discussing in the Varadeva Discord Server.

First of all, there's a huge chance that Deepika's baby is red herring and Bhairava is the real Kalki. Ashwathama will realise this at the end of the movie and change his stance.

But my favourite theory is Bhairava being Lord Shiva. When Bhairava called himself the 'living legend in Kashi' in the Bujji & Bhairava series, it kind of stuck with me. Who's more legendary than Lord Shiva in Kashi? And the story goes that Shiva gave Kalki the divine weapon, the all-knowing talking parrot and the white horse. Bhairava have all the three; we saw the weapon in the first promo and Bujji's brain and body are the talking parrot and white horse equivalent. if Bhairava is Shiva, he's actually protecting the baby while pretending to hunt him for the Complex as well as testing Ashwathama's determination for redemption. In Mahabharata, Ashwathama was born after Dronacharya performed several years of severe penance to please Shiva as he wanted a son who possessed the strength and bravery of Shiva. So, it would make sense that Shiva aids him in his journey of redemption.

What if Bhairava is neither Kalki nor Shiva? Then what is his character doing in the movie?

"Despite the endless opportunities spanning over the generations, man fails to redeem himself and he never will."

I think this quote by Kamal Haasan's character, Kali is the key to Bhairava's significance in the movie, if he is not the titular character 'Kalki'.

There are many worlds in Hinduism, but our Puranas predominantly talk about the Swarga (abode of Devas), Prithvi (abode of humans) and Patal (abode of demons). There are also three worlds in the film: Complex, Shambala and Kashi. Unlike Puranas, where there were three races inhabiting the three worlds, in the film, the three worlds are inhabited by the humans only.

The Complex is the place where God is banned. They treat Supreme Yaskin as the God. They have conquered the world and taken all the resources for themselves. In appearance, the Complex gives the illusion of Swarga, but it actually embodies the demonic qualities of Patal.

Shambala is the place where they still believe in God and hope for his return to save them. They fight the Complex and their unjust actions. They are safe haven for anyone who wants to escape the hold of the Complex. In appearance, they are an underground society (Patal), but they are actually the forces of righteousness in the desolate world, fighting on the side of God and thus symbolises Devas of Swarga.

Then there is Kashi, the last surviving city. They are neutral. They are neither the evil conqueror nor the righteous warriors. They are humans who are trying to survive in an unfair world. They are not on anyone's side, but their own side. They represent the humans of Prithvi.

"In this world, there's only one side to be on. Your own side."

Bhairava and the bounty hunters of Kashi are the representation of the man in Kali's quote. They embody the qualities of selfishness, greed, and going to any extent to accomplish their goals, without caring about the consequences of their actions.

To be fair, Bhairava isn't doing anything wrong. He's trying to survive in a world which has lost all hopes. But he's so caught up in this mode of survival that he can't recognise this new hope for a better tomorrow, that Ashwathama and the people of Shambala are seeing in Sumati and her baby. All he sees the 5-star bounty that is his one shot at entering the Complex. He's not realising that he's fighting for the wrong side, that he's fighting to keep the old hierarchies intact that had made this world a hopeless place for him and others like him in the first place. He's helping the people who are the cause of all his problems under the illusion of becoming one of them.

Bhairava represents the man who is given numerous chances by the God, but he's so trapped in the Maya (worldly illusion) that he fails to recognise him and hence, is forever doomed to be trapped in the cycle of suffering.

Will Bhairava recognise the truth before it's too late? Or he will handover Sumati over to the Complex?

Bhairava's action would decide if the world is worth saving or not. If God should keep his promise and take birth to save all the humans? Or he should just let the humans rot in the hell, they have turned the Earth into.

The movie is not just about Ashwathama's redemption, but also the redemption of the mankind, represented by Bhairava.

As Kali said, humans have given numerous opportunities by the God to redeem themselves, but they have failed each time. Like Duryodhana failed when he refused to give even five villages to Pandavas, when Krishna asked, leading to his defeat in the Mahabharata war. Maybe that's why Ashwathama is having flashbacks of Mahabharata when fighting with Bhairava. He is seeing his past self in him. When he went against the Lord himself, blinded by his ambition and loyalty for Duryodhana.

Humanity is given another chance. Kali is sure we will fail this time too. It's up to Bhairava now, if humans fail again or they finally succeed in redeeming themselves this time.

[thebaronsilver]

I've seen people bashing the Kalki movie because Karna was shown as a better warrior than Arjuna. The point of this post is not to debunk either warrior, but rather to guide your attention to this - Ashwatthama is the one who makes that claim.

Arjuna was his father's favoured student who was involved in the shameful and unlawful murder of Dronacharya.

It doesn't matter if Arjuna was better skilled or not. Ashwatthama would not openly praise those involved in his father's murder. He would debunk their might, would see the fact that they used weapons that his father taught them to wield to end his life as an insult to his revered father.

Remember, on the last night when he slaughtered the Pandava forces, he was Rudra given form. Mahadev himself took form in Ashwatthama to end the Pandava Army, to balance the scales. That is why Krishna never tried to save the rest. His goal was to wipe out all those who knew the celestial weapons and used them as and when they pleased.

Ashwatthama 's sin was when he gave into his wrath and murdered Uttara's unborn child. It shouldn't have happened and that was why Krishna stepped in.

All these years meant that Ashwatthama would genuinely have regretted and repented Parikshit's murder at his hands. The rest? Absolutely not. In his mind they were well deserved, meant to happen. Just a shame that the Pandavas themselves were spared that day. But it wasn't meant to happen so it didn't.

The truth about Karna and Arjuna is something only the gods themselves know. But the movie, I believed remained true to character by making that claim through Ashwatthama, because he would not consider Arjuna worthy of praise.

Maybe we'll eventually find out the truth in the next installment, from the mouth of someone else. Kalki, perhaps?

[sambaridli]

Kalki 2898AD🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐

Where are those people who called this cheap copy of dune and madmaxfury? Hope you guys are fine

[makedonsgriva]

Watched Kalki 2898 AD (Hindi dubbed version) yesterday and I have a lot of thoughts. I’ve still not gathered all of them but one thing that struck me the most was the opening montage of that movie. The animated sequence showing the evils of Kaliyuga. Slavery, Nazism, killings, violence against women, wars, communal violence, global warming and just so much brutality. How the innocents suffer everyday. Amitabh Bacchan’s deep voice in the background imploring and begging God for some relief. It brought me to tears. Like obviously we all know the world is fucked. We know all of this shit is happening and happens all the time but when it was shown together, with that song, it was a tidal wave of sadness. Of hopelessness. It felt never ending. That was the most powerful thing I’ve seen in a while.