Salaar (2023)

Original title

సలార్: పార్ట్‌ 1 – సీజ్‌ఫైర్‌

Directed by

Prashanth Neel

Genre

action thriller

Country

India

Runtime

2h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 116 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the fictional city-state of Khansaar, an exiled prince named Deva is asked by his friend Varadha, the current prince, for help stopping a coup. The film follows their fight for control of the kingdom.

epicintenseviolentdystopianbroodingaction-packeddarklarge-scale

What happens

Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language epic action thriller film directed by Prashanth Neel and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under Hombale Films. The film stars Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead roles alongside an essemble cast Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu, Bobby Simha, Sriya Reddy, Ramachandra Raju, John Vijay, Easwari Rao, Tinnu Anand, Devaraj, Brahmaji and Mime Gopi. In the fictional dystopian city-state of Khansaar, where constitutional monarchy still exists, the film follows the friendship between Deva (Prabhas), the exiled prince of Khansaar, and Varadha (Prithviraj), the current prince of Khansaar. When a coup d'état is planned by his father's ministers and his relatives, Varadha enlists Deva's help to become Khansaar's undisputed ruler. The film's initial storyline was pitched from Neel's debut film Ugramm(Kannada) (2014) and is the maiden part of a two-part film. It was officially announced in December 2020 under the title Salaar, however, in July 2023, its first installment was titled as Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire. Principal photography commenced in January 2021, and occurred sporadically in several legs over nearly three years, before wrapping in late 2023. Filming locations included Telangana, Italy and Budapest. Production difficulties, ranging from the pandemic, reshoots and VFX delays, postponed Salaar's release date several times and finally arrived 22 December 2023 Clashing World's Biggest Superstar Shau Rukh Khan's Dunki and suffered with the opposition's territory hindi nett The music is composed by Ravi Basrur, cinematography handled by Bhuvan Gowda and editing by Ujwal Kulkarni. Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire was theatrically released on 22 December 2023, coinciding with Christmas. The film received positive reviews from critics. It was a commercial success, earning an estimated ₹614 – ₹702 crore on a ₹270 crore budget making it the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2023, third highest-grossing Telugu film of all time, and the nineteenth highest-grossing Indian film of all time at the end of its theatrical run. After The Ott release on Netflix and Hotstar the film was loved by the viewers as a slow poison and even broke Blockbuster trending viewership records in Hindi (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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