'Shaktiman' Actor Criticises 'Kalki' Makers For Tampering Mahabharat!

'Kalki 2898 AD' starring Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles is creating a tsunami at the box office. It is getting a lot of praise for the vision, scale, grandeur and performances of the actors. It already collected more than 700 crores and will cross the 1000 crore mark easily. While everyone is lauding the team's efforts, senior actor Mukesh Khanna who was 'Shaktiman' and played the role of Bhishma in the television series Mahabharat had mixed feelings about the movie.

He praised the Hollywood standard filmmaking, visuals and performances but was critical of the film for tampering with Mahabharat. He said, “One thing that is bothering me is that they have tried to change the mythology in the film. In the beginning, you see Lord Krishna come, and take the gem from Ashwathama's forehead, telling him that he will be my savior in the future, Lord Krishna never said this. I want to ask the makers, how could you presume to know more than the Vyas muni, who said that what doesn't exist here cannot exist elsewhere?”

He added, “It wasn't Krishna who removed Ashwatthama's 'mani'. I've been reading the Mahabharata since childhood; I can tell you that it was Draupadi who instructed that his 'mani' should be removed after he killed all five of her children. The reason I'm telling this story in such detail is because I don't understand how Krishna could command Ashwatthama to protect him in the future in Kalki? How can someone as powerful as Krishna ask someone like Ashwatthama to protect him? The liberties that you've taken are inexcusable.”

He asked, “We think that South filmmakers have more respect for our traditions, but what happened now? I would like tell the government to make a committee which can look over the films that are being made on Ramayan, Gita, and other mythological topics and take control over the film's script if needed.”