amitabh bachchan was set to join Prabhas, Kamal Haasan and Sai Pallavi for a Hyderabad night shoot on Kalki 2, but the plan was called off after Pallavi fell sick. The cancellation pushes the sequel’s schedule back again, even as the film continues to draw attention for the scale of its cast and the way Nag Ashwin mixed mythological and sci fi elements in the first part.
Hyderabad night shoot
The planned night shoot was supposed to happen in Hyderabad, with Prabhas, Bachchan and Haasan all expected on set. That kind of coordination is the practical pressure point in a project like Kalki 2: once one key actor is unavailable, a multi-star night call can collapse fast, and that is exactly what happened here.
Sai Pallavi’s illness stopped the shoot before cameras rolled. She plays a powerful role in the film and replaced Deepika Padukone, who played the lead role in the first part, so her absence affects more than a single scene; it interrupts a setup built around one of the sequel’s central additions.
May restart plan
The makers plan to start shooting again next week in May, and the dates of the other actors will also be available by then. For a production bankrolled by Vyjayanthi Films and carrying music from Santosh Narayanan, that gives the team a short reset window rather than a long halt.
Prabhas’ Kalki 2 has already generated immense buzz, helped by the first film’s blend of mythological and sci fi elements under Nag Ashwin. The current disruption does not change the project’s scale, but it does show how dependent a large ensemble schedule is on one cast member being fit to work on the day.
Vyjayanthi Films schedule
The immediate takeaway for the production is simple: the Hyderabad night unit has lost a scheduled workday, and the next attempt is tied to Pallavi’s recovery and the rest of the cast’s availability in May. For readers following the film as an industry project, the useful marker is not the missed night itself but the fact that the team is already aiming to restart within days, not weeks.
