Overview

• The film completed its first year since release on June 27, 2025, having transformed Indian sci-fi cinema with its scale and storytelling.
• It became the second-highest-grossing film of 2024 and ranks as the fourth-highest-grossing Telugu movie ever.
• Massive real-scale sets at Ramoji Film City were combined with over 700 VFX shots by studios such as DNEG and Embassy VFX to create its dystopian future world.
• Costume designer Archana Akhil Kumar Rao coined the Spicepunk aesthetic, blending Indian motifs with cyberpunk elements through materials like rubber-coated neoprene and foam-latex.
• Amitabh Bachchan hinted in a social media post that he would rejoin the cast for the upcoming sequel, Kalki2, as the Kalki Cinematic Universe expands.