Pan-India blockbuster film Kalki 2898 AD is set to release in Japan on January 3, 2025 on the festive occasion of Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year, the makers said on Monday. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Prabhas, Kamal Haasan and Deepika Padukone, the film will be distributed by Twin in Japan. Billed as the most expensive feature film in Indian cinema history at a reported Rs 600 crore, Kalki 2898 AD is directed by Nag Ashwin and produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. “#Kalki2898AD is all set to amaze audiences in Japan, hitting screens on January 3, 2025,” the official X page of the film posted on Monday. Set in a post-apocalyptic city of Kasi in the year 2898 AD, Kalki 2898 AD follows a select group of people who are on a mission to save Kalki, the unborn child of a lab subject SUM-80 (Padukone). (PTI)