Amitabh on KBC and Project K. Amitabh Bachchan is renowned for his popular game show KBC. He is now playing an important role in Prabhas' sci fi thriller Project K. Project K became the first Indian film to be displayed at the Comic Con 2023 at San Diego, USA. He started shooting for KBC and shared“Rehearsing again and again and again .. for KBC ..” With another, he wrote, “Working at it .. KBC, prep.”
Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone missed the event while Prabhas, Rana, Kamal Haasan, Nag Ashwin hogged the media limelight. Reports came Deepika Padukone skipped the event following the ongoing strike by the Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG).
Now, Amitabh Bachchan shared why he missed the event. He said "Alright .. so .. San Diego and K, the project .. a great moment for the film and the makers and all those that went there for the release of the first look for it .. I was pushed hard by Nagi Sir to come along, but work and medical restrictions have kept me away from many such occasions .. so .. but I must admit the first look was pretty darn good .. wasn’t it .. style, music, frames .. everything."
About Project K, he said "And finally the reveal of K .. KALKI .. mythologically so important .. 2898 AD!! AD has been changed has it not? Yes .. AD, which I think was ‘anno domini’, meaning ‘in the year of the Lord’.. was changed to CE - common era .. and BC, became BCE - before common era! Why so .. have no idea .. it was related to the birth of Christ , before and after, hence .. but , each region in the World has its own year and month and named according to their calculated calendars."
He said he was unaware of Comi Con. "I must admit unabashedly that I had no idea what Comicon meant or was until I told Abhishek, or rather asked him what this is all about and he said .. with a shocked look on his face: 'Dad .. Comicon ? this is a huge deal '. And today as I partake in a Zoom call at the release I cannot but be in bewildered admiration for Nagi Ashwin and his team for putting together an astonishing film."