Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire

Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Prashanth Neel, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur. It stars Prabhas as the titular character,[6] along with Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu, Tinnu Anand, Easwari Rao, Sriya Reddy, and Ramachandra Raju.

Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrashanth Neel
Written byPrashanth Neel
Produced byVijay Kiragandur
Starring
CinematographyBhuvan Gowda
Edited byUjwal Kulkarni
Music byRavi Basrur
Production
company
Distributed byUV Creations
Release date
22 December 2023
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budgetest. ₹200–250 crore[lower-alpha 1][5]

The film was announced in December 2020 with principal photography beginning in January 2021 near Godavarikhani, Telangana. The music is composed by Ravi Basrur, while the cinematography is done by Bhuvan Gowda. It is scheduled for a worldwide theatrical release on 22 December 2023, clashing with Dunki.[7]

Cast

Production

Development

The film along with its title was announced on 2 December 2020.[9] Touted to be an action thriller, the film marks the first collaboration between director Prashanth Neel and Prabhas, and the first Telugu venture of Neel. On his role, Prabhas stated: "My character is extremely violent, so this is something I haven’t really done before."[10] A few reports claimed that the film is a remake of Neel's debut film Ugramm, however, Neel clarified that Salaar is not a remake but an original story written for Prabhas.[11]

The film was formally launched in Hyderabad on 16 January 2021.[12] Ravi Basrur is composing the music while Bhuvan Gowda is the cinematographer.[13]

Casting

Actress Shruti Haasan was cast in a leading role in January 2021.[13] Kannada actor Madhu Guruswamy is set to play a pivotal role.[14] In March, actress Easwari Rao was signed to play Prabhas' mother.[15] Later in August, Jagapathi Babu joined the cast, whose character was revealed as Rajamanaar.[16]

In October 2021, Malayalam actor Prithviraj Sukumaran entered talks to play a crucial role in the film.[17] In March 2022, Prabhas said that Prithviraj is part of Salaar during a promotional event for his film Radhe Shyam.[18][19] Later in June, Prithviraj stated that he gave a nod to the script but was trying to adjust the dates to work in the film.[20] Later in October 2022, Prithiviraj's role was confirmed and the film marks his return to Telugu cinema after 12 years, following his appearance in Police Police (2010).[21] Sriya Reddy is also cast in a key role.[22]

Filming

The film's shoot began on 29 January 2021 in the coal mines near the city of Godavarikhani, Telangana.[23] First schedule was completed by February 2021.[24] Second schedule of the film began in August 2021 in Hyderabad.[25][26]

About 30% of the shoot was completed by March 2022. Filming was halted due to the release of Prabhas' Radhe Shyam (2022) and Neel's K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022) and was planned to be resumed in May.[27] However, Prabhas underwent a knee fracture in March during his vacation in Spain, which further delayed the shoot.[28][29] In June 2022, a new schedule began at Hyderabad's Ramoji Film City with Prabhas and Haasan joining the sets.[30] The team also shot a 20-minute long action sequence in the middle of the sea, spending about ₹10 crore on the scene.[31]

Makers of Salaar reportedly employed Dark Centric Theme (DCT) technology to shoot the film, making it the first Indian film to do so. As a result the film's lighting pattern and color palette would be darker in color.[32]

Marketing

The teaser trailer of the film was released on 6 July 2023. The teaser had more than 83 million views in 24 hours, breaking the records of all Indian films.[33]

Release

Theatrical

Salaar Part 1 – Ceasefire is scheduled for a theatrical release on 22 December 2023 standard and IMAX formats.[7] It will be released in Telugu along with dubbed versions of Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam languages.[34][35][36]

Earlier in August 2021, it was announced that the film was going to release on 14 April 2022.[37] The film was later postponed due to Neel and Hombale's film, K.G.F: Chapter 2 which was scheduled to release on that date.[19] In March 2022, producer Vijay Kiragandur in an interview with Pinkvilla stated that the film was postponed to the second quarter (April–June) of 2023 due to production delays owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27] In August 2022, the release date was announced as 28 September 2023 but postponed to 22 December 2023.[22][7][38]

Distribution

KRG Studios acquired the distribution rights for Karnataka.[39] It will be distributed in North America by Moksha Movies and Prathyangira Cinemas jointly.[40]

Notes
  1. The Times of India reported the budget to be in the range of ₹200–250 crore.[1][2] While India Today and Pinkvilla mentioned it as ₹250 crore.[3][4]

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