Amitabh Bachchan’s Cryptic Tweet About Loyal Men Sends Fans Into a Spiral — And He’s Still Shooting Kalki 2
In the early hours of Friday, February 27, Amitabh Bachchan did what he does best — dropped a line that nobody asked for and everybody needed. The superstar posted on X: “Loyal men are found in every corner of the world, but unfortunately, the earth is round.”
No context. No follow-up. Just Big B, the internet, and a geometry joke with existential weight.
What Did Amitabh Bachchan Actually Mean?
Nobody knows. And that’s the point.
The tweet triggered an immediate wave of reactions, ranging from philosophical to comedic to mildly accusatory. One user wrote that Big B was “dropping serious philosophical tea,” while another simply asked, “Is it a confession or what?” A few took the self-aware route — one fan called it “self-shade for real,” adding that he “did eat with that statement because facts.” Others were more grounded: “Bhai, overthinking celebrities ko bhi hoti hai. Not a big deal, chill everyone.”
Then there was the person who just said: “Typical dad jokes.”
That last one might be closest to the truth. Bachchan has long used his social media — X, and especially his Tumblr blog — as a personal diary of sorts. Late-night musings, philosophical one-liners, emotional reflections on mortality and legacy. For his followers, these posts are less news and more ritual. You read them, you sit with them, you move on slightly unsettled. This tweet fits the pattern perfectly.
Meanwhile, He’s on Set — and Making History
While fans were decoding his loyalty theorem, Bachchan was busy on a film set in Hyderabad, shooting for the highly anticipated Kalki 2898 AD sequel, directed by Nag Ashwin. The shoot is intensive enough that he missed his Sunday darshan last week — a rare occurrence that his fans noticed immediately.
He returned to his blog to explain, sharing photographs from the set dressed as Ashwatthama, his character from the franchise. But the photographs weren’t just behind-the-scenes content. They told a bigger story.
In one image, Bachchan is seen embracing Kamal Haasan on set — and the caption he wrote was quietly historic. “Meeting up with the great KAMAL HAASAN… we shall be working together after ages… last in Giraftaar… Kalki 2 has begun work.”
Giraftaar was 1987. That’s nearly four decades.
A Reunion 38 Years in the Making
Two giants of Indian cinema, last sharing screen space when Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister, now back together in one of the biggest sci-fi franchises the country has ever produced. The filmmakers have confirmed the reunion, and the fan response has been exactly what you’d expect — overwhelming.
Bachchan himself called it a moment he would “ever cherish.” Given his typically restrained emotional register on social media, that phrase lands harder than it looks.
The Kalki 2898 AD sequel arrives with enormous expectations baked in. The first film crossed ₹1,000 crore worldwide, turning a mythological sci-fi concept into a genuine pan-India phenomenon. Prabhas returns in the lead, though Deepika Padukone — who was central to the first instalment — will not be part of the sequel.
The combination of Bachchan, Haasan, and Prabhas under Nag Ashwin’s direction is, on paper, the kind of casting that makes trade analysts sit up straight.
The Man Behind the Midnight Tweet
Here’s the micro-observation that tends to get lost in the noise: Amitabh Bachchan maintaining an active Tumblr blog and late-night X presence at his age and stature is genuinely remarkable. Most stars of his generation treat social media as a PR instrument. For him, it seems to function as something closer to a journal — unfiltered, occasionally chaotic, and deeply personal.
The loyal men tweet may mean everything or nothing. But the fact that millions of people stopped to wonder about it at midnight? That’s not just celebrity reach. That’s a connection built over decades, one late-night post at a time.
Between a cryptic midnight tweet and a film set reunion 38 years in the making, Amitabh Bachchan is having a week that’s equal parts internet moment and industry event. Kalki 2 shooting is underway — and if the first film’s numbers are any benchmark, the anticipation is only going to build from here.
