Keerthy Suresh , who shares a close association with director Nag Ashwin due to their hit film Mahanati (2018), revealed that she turned down playing a ‘human’ role in his sci-fi film Kalki 2898 AD. In an interview with Galatta Plus, the actor shared that she was offered another role before the AI bot Bujji. (Also Read: Keerthy Suresh has saved sweet voice notes sent by Nani's son Arjun calling her ‘Kitty atta’ ) ‘I wasn’t sure of it’ Keerthy shared during the interview that she turned down a role because she wasn’t sure of it but knew she wanted to be a part of the film somehow.
She said, “ Nagi offered me another role in the film, which I wasn’t sure of. It was a human role, I'm glad I said no to it now. He later messaged me one day and said, do you want to peep through the wall at least? I said I would love to do it.
” Keerthy also clarified that she wasn’t talking about the role Anna Ben played in the film, a rebel named Kyra, which she called ‘really nice’. “I didn’t understand initially when he said he wanted me to voice an AI bot. I dubbed for Bujji & Bhairava (on Amazon Prime) before I worked on the film.
I had a ball dubbing for the role in multiple languages, giving 5-6 modulations in each language to see which would suit it best. Dubbing for a film is normally easier,” she added. About Kalki 2898 AD In the film, Keerthy played BU-JZ-1, aka Bujji, an AI droid for whom Bhairava ( Prabhas ) builds a ‘body’.
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