Salaar: Part 1 β Ceasefire is a 2023 Indian
Telugu-language epic neo-noir 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'Γ©tat 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 (2014) and is the
maiden part of a two-part film.[4] It was officially announced in December
2020 under the title Salaar, however, in July 2023, its first installment
was titled as Salaar: Part 1 β 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. The music is composed by Ravi Basrur, cinematography handled by
Bhuvan Gowda and editing by Ujwal Kulkarni.
KGF Chapter 2 is a 2022 Kannada-language period action film[20] written and directed by Prashanth Neel, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur under his Hombale Films banner. It serves as the direct sequel to KGF: Chapter 1 (2018), as well as the second installment in the KGF franchise. The film stars an ensemble cast of Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Srinidhi Shetty, Prakash Raj, Achyuth Kumar, Rao Ramesh, Vasishta N. Simha, Ayyappa P. Sharma, Archana Jois, Saran Shakti, Easwari Rao, John Kokken, T. S. Nagabharana and Malavika Avinash. Produced on a budget of βΉ100 crore, KGF: Chapter 2 was at the time of release the most expensive Kannada film ever made. Neel retained most of the technicians from its predecessor with Bhuvan Gowda handling the cinematography and Ravi Basrur composing the film's score and songs. Dutt and Tandon joined the cast in early 2019, marking the former's Kannada film debut. Portions of the film were shot simultaneously with Chapter 1. Principal photography for the rest of the film commenced in March 2019, but was halted in March 2020 owing to the COVID-19 lockdown in India. Filming resumed five months later in August 2020 and was completed in December 2020. Locations included Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mysore and Kolar.
Ustaad Bhagat Singh (transl.Teacher Bhagat Singh) is a 2026 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Mythri Movie Makers. The film stars Pawan Kalyan in the titular role, alongside Sreeleela, Raashii Khanna, R. Parthiban, K. S. Ravikumar, Gautami, Nawab Shah, Rao Ramesh, Jayaprakash and others in supporting roles. The film was released theatrically on 19 March 2026 coinciding with Ugadi and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and audiences.The story fast forwards to 24 years ago where Chandrasekhar Rao, a teacher, educates the people and also the children in a school. There, he meets a boy and enrolls him in a school, and the boy later grows to be rebellious and trashes a warden as he was mistreating a female teacher. Chandrasekhar Rao, after seeing the boy's potential names him as Ustaad Bhagat Singh. After 24 years, Chandrasekhar Rao, now the chief minister, gets assassinated mysteriously and is sent to a safe place; another politician gets to be an acting CM, but he also gets killed. Later, a ruthless politician, Chadala Marri Nalla Nagappa, comes and offers condolences to the politician son, and it is revealed that Nagappa is behind the assassinations as he aims to be the CM, and he later takes charge as the deputy CM. Nagappa's younger son came from America and goes to the Nallamala forest as Singaiah, Nagappa's right-hand man, welcomes him. Nagappa's younger son realises that his Ganja went missing and CI Kesava is behind it. He then storms into the police station and humiliates Kesava. Bhagat Singh, now a forest guard, comes to the rescue and trashes Nagappa's son and his gang. Nagappa's son gets kidnapped mysteriously.