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The dream team of Prasanth Neel and Prabhas came together to create a film after the immense success of KGF. The film was named ‘Salaar’ and recently the first look of the same was released on social media.
Just like KGF, Prasanth Neel decided to make Salaar in two parts, the first of which will be released this year. The title of the first instalment is ‘Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire’.
The teaser of the Prabhas starrer was released on July 7, and immediately created a havoc on the social media. Salaar’ teaser managed to get more than 83 million views in the first 24 hours creating a record. The teaser has crossed 109 million views so far.
Now, one of the users has found a connection between Yash’s KGF and the Prabhas-starrer Salaar. In the post credit scene of KGF 2, there is a container marked as C-516. The same container also features is the recently released teaser creating a connection between the two movies.
In the teaser an actor is also heard saying, “Lion, Cheetah, Tiger, and Elephant are the most dangerous animals. But not in Jurassic Park...”. The dialogue left the fans in a split as many found it to be funny.
Many users of Twitter pointed out that the teaser is very similar to that of Prasanth Neel’s previous film, KGF. The users accused Neel of repeating the concept of Yash’s film because of the similar dark theme and use of English dialogue.
For his upcoming film with Prasanth Neel, the Telugu superstar Prabhas is set to receive a fees of Rs 100 crores. He reportedly charged the same amount for his recently released film, Adipurush.
The production house behind Salaar, Hombale Films revealed on social media that the trailer of this much anticipated film will be released at the end of August. Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire is set to release on September 28 this year. While Part 2 is expected to release next year.
Along with Prabhas, Salaar also has Shruti Hassan, Jagapathi Babu and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead roles. Prithviraj is reportedly playing the antagonist named ‘Vardharaja Mannar’.
After the completion of Salaar Part 2, Prasanth Neel will start the work for his film with RRR fame NTR Jr. The film tentatively called NTR31 will reportedly start shooting in the second half of 2024. Before that NTR Jr. will complete Devara with Koratala Siva and ‘War 2’ with Ayan Mukherji. Meanwhile, Yash also confirmed KGF 3 earlier this year, which is expected to go on floors in early 2025.