Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan is receiving a lot of praise for his role as Ashwatthama in filmmaker Nag Ashwin's Kalki 2898 AD. Recently, the actor's make-up-artist shared some behind-the-scenes pictures of him getting ready for the character.
They captioned the post, "Behold the transformation of @amitabhbachchan Sir into #ashwatthama : a timeless legend brought to life by a legendary actor."
Have a look at the post here:
Reacting to the pictures, a user wrote on Instagram, "Very very nice work."
"Damn! Using liquid latex is an art," wrote another user.
!["That look gives me goosebumps," a user wrote on social media.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2024-07%2Fb4f446e2-2317-4be3-9e7b-ca091e9f57ec%2FScreenshot%202024-07-03%20175235.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
!["That look gives me goosebumps," a user wrote on social media.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2024-07%2F8b1a124b-0a32-44bf-a16e-5a5326459691%2FScreenshot%202024-07-03%20175258.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
Have a look at more reactions here:
!["That look gives me goosebumps," a user wrote on social media.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2024-07%2F0b93f3f5-f7dd-4904-a160-1e20a4911b07%2FScreenshot%202024-07-03%20175618.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
!["That look gives me goosebumps," a user wrote on social media.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2024-07%2Fd9074d7c-06a3-47f8-b86b-83d2dded10df%2FScreenshot%202024-07-03%20184812.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
!["That look gives me goosebumps," a user wrote on social media.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2024-07%2F6f39e67f-ec45-4920-989e-07fc90c4c692%2FScreenshot%202024-07-03%20184836.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
!["That look gives me goosebumps," a user wrote on social media.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2024-07%2Fac3ccc90-fbc8-420a-9ada-e387e54fe349%2FScreenshot%202024-07-03%20184825.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
In addition to Amitabh, Kalki 2898 AD also featured Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, and Kamal Haasan in the lead roles.
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