Tinsel town is abuzz with excitement about the upcoming release of the sci-fi epic Kalki 2898 AD featuring a stellar cast – Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, and Kamal Haasan. In this sci-fi action movie, we will be seeing the modern avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu on a mission to protect the Earth from evil forces. To fuel your excitement further ahead of Kalki’s release, we’ve curated a selection of 8 sci-fi films and audio series – the perfect way to prime your adrenaline pump for this pan-Indian film. Dive into these handpicked titles and brace yourself for a fun ride!
Marvel’s Wastelanders, A Hindi Audible Original Podcast Series
Platform: Audible
The franchise, adapted from Marvel’s hit audio series, Marvel’s Wastelanders, features the world’s most iconic and beloved heroes as they fight to regain order and justice in a post-apocalyptic future where Marvel’s Super Villains have been in power for more than 30 years after a tragic event that killed nearly all Super Heroes. Comprising six seasons in total, each season focuses on a different Marvel Super Hero. The first four seasons, Marvel’s Wastelanders: Star-Lord, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Wolverine have premiered exclusively on Audible with upcoming seasons releasing this year. Get ready for Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom and the finale season where all Super Heroes come together to fight against evil!
Dune
Platform: Audible
On a desert planet Arrakis, a boy goes on to become the mysterious man called Muad’dib. He brings to life humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream while trying to avenge a treacherous plot against his noble family. Frank Herbert’s legacy lives on forever through his visionary fiction. Made into a popular motion picture and loved by fans worldwide, this Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet starrer marks one of their career-best performances. Tune into Audible to deep dive into the grandest epic in science fiction that will transport you to a desert planet!
The Space Within
Platform: Audible
What could happen to a seven-year-old who goes missing for six hours? Endless possibilities may come to mind but what Sophie Lewin went through is far from our wildest imagination. Police are working with no leads and Sophie has no memory of the incident. Determined to understand what happened to their daughter, her parents seek help from a psychiatrist, Dr. Maddie Wyle, who taps into Sophie’s memories. This Audible Original follows Dr. Madeline Wyle (Chastain), an internationally acclaimed psychiatrist specializing in trauma and PTSD. When she discovers a string of patients with the same, seemingly supernatural, repressed memories, she is forced to risk her reputation and career to confront the possibility that the memories of alien abduction might be real. Plunge into a mind-bending, thrilling exploration into themes of love, loss, redemption, and untapped powers of the human body and mind with The Space Within.
Dark Matter
Platform: Audible
In ‘Dark Matter,’ Jason Dessen hears the ominous question, “Are you happy in your life?” just before he’s abducted. He wakes to a nightmarish reality where he’s a celebrated genius, not an ordinary physics professor, and his family life is completely altered; His wife isn’t his wife, and his son never existed! In a struggle to determine what’s real and reclaim the life he once knew, Jason sets on a journey that challenges him to confront his darkest fears. This mind-bending thriller explores the complexities of choices, alternate realities, and the lengths one will go to secure the life they yearn for.
Interstellar
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
A global blight leaves the Earth uninhabitable. Professor Brand, a NASA physicist shoulders the responsibility of saving mankind from extinction. One viable solution is transporting Earth’s population to another habitable planet through a wormhole. Brand enlists former NASA pilot Cooper and a team of researchers including his daughter to send through the wormhole across the galaxy to see which of the three planets could be considered for the mass transportation. Was Professor Brand’s mission a lost cause or will Cooper give those on Earth a second chance at life? Tune in to see this thrilling movie about space and time travel!
Divergent
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
In a post-apocalyptic Chicago, society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (selfless), Erudite (knowledge), Dauntless (bravery), Amity (peace), and Candor (honesty). Adolescents are to choose a faction as they enter adulthood and commit to it for life. Tris Prior chooses one faction, Dauntless but soon realizes she has attributes of multiple factions and will never be able to fit into one faction making her Divergent. Tris must pick wisely while concealing her divergence while navigating circumstances that will test her courage and force her to confront who she truly is.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Platform: Netflix
In the desolate wasteland of Mad Max: Fury Road, warlord Immortan Joe hoards water and gasoline, ruling over a desperate populace. Desperate to escape the desert fortress the Citadel, one of Joe’s lieutenants, Imperator Furiosa leads the despot’s five wives, one of whom is heavily pregnant with Joe’s child. She takes the help of a loner and former captive, Max Rockatansky to outsmart Immortan Joe in this daring escape. Watch to find out if they manage to outrun Joe or if they are left to die at his mercy.
Blade Runner 2049
Platform: Netflix
Bioengineered humans from Blade Runner known as replicants are now slaves, 30 years later. Officer K, a replicant, is hired by the Los Angeles Police Department to hunt and kill rogue replicants. On one of his quests, K unearths a long-buried secret that could catapult society into absolute chaos. His discovery leads him to find a missing blade runner who went off the radar 30 years ago. Every new information he finds on his quest, leaves him questioning his own identity and origin, wavering his loyalty to the Los Angeles Police Department.
