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Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (transl. Commander) is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language epic action film written and directed by Prashanth Neel and produced by Vijay Kiragandur. It stars Prabhas in the titlular role, with an ensemble cast of Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu, Bobby Simha, John Vijay, Tinnu Anand, Easwari Rao, Sriya Reddy, Ramachandra Raju, Brahmaji, Devaraj, Mime Gopi, Saurav Lokesh, Vajrang Shetty and Pramod Panju. Set in the fictional dystopian city-state of Khansaar, were 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 Prashanth Neel's debut film Ugramm (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, the official title was announced 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. The music is composed by Ravi Basrur, cinematography handled by Bhuvan Gowda and editing by Ujwal Kulkarni. Salaar was theatrically released on 22 December 2023 in standard and IMAX formats to a generally mixed-to-positive reception from critics. It was a hit at the box office, earning ₹715 crore on a ₹270 crore budget, making it the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2023, the highest grossing South Indian film of 2023, the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 2023 and third highest-grossing Telugu film of all time. Plot In the year 1985, Deva and Vardharaja "Vardha" Mannar are inseparable companions in Khansaar, a puissant city-state, which is ruled by Monarchy form of Government. Khansaar is ruled by Vardha's father, Raja Mannar. After Raja Mannar, the chief of the Mannar tribe, commands the decimation of the Shouryaanga tribe, a mob pounces on Deva and his mother at their residence, but Vardha intercedes for them and confers an important territory of his in exchange for sparing their lives. Before exiting Khansaar, Deva vows to return on Vardha's call. In 2017, a business tycoon, Krishnakanth, learns that his daughter, Aadhya, arrived at Varanasi from New York to finish her mother's last rites. This alerts Krishnakanth's old rivals, who conspire to abduct her, but Krishnakanth enlists the assistance of Bilal, who thwarts the enemies' attempts to seize her and safeguards her at his friend, Deva's place, in Tinsukia, Assam. Aadhya pretends to be an English teacher at a school where Deva's mother is the headmaster. Eventually, Aadhya is traced to Tinsukia where upon his mother's reluctant orders, Deva hinders the goons' attempts to capture her. Dreading for Deva, Deva's mother plans to abscond with him, while Aadhya and Bilal are carried off in a convoy led by Rinda and one that is sealed with the mysterious emblem of Khansaar. Witnessing this, Deva's mother signals him to rescue Aadhya and Bilal. He immediately refrains the convoy, grabbing the attention of Vardha and his step-sister, Radha Rama Mannar, who has ordered Aadhya's abduction to avenge something Krishnakanth has committed against her in Deva's favour, seven years ago. Radha admits to strategizing the events to pit Deva and Vardha against each other since opposing the seal of Khansaar is a crime and the perpetrator has to be killed, a rule that Deva himself is told to have established seven years ago. After their rescue, Bilal recounts the tale of Khansaar and Deva and Vardha's past to Aadhya. In 1127, notorious dacoits from the three tribes of Mannars, Shouryaangas, and Ghaniyaars consolidated their influence over an area called Khansaar. In the year 1947 after the Indian independence, Raja Mannar's father, Siva Mannar, the chieftain of the Mannar tribe, refuses to let Khansaar be a part of the country and governed by the Constitution of India. He signs a pact with the Indian government that retains Khansaar's autonomy and erases its existence from the map and made Khansaar to continue Monarchy rule. He segregates Khansaar into 101 provinces and appoints Kapus (governors) to head them. In the hierarchy, the Doras (noblemen), who are submissive to the Karta (king/monarch). After Siva Mannar's demise in 1985, Dhaara, the chieftain of the Shouryaanga tribe, is selected to be the next King, but Raja Mannar usurps the throne by assassinating Dhaara and massacres the entire Shouryaanga tribe. Subsequently, Raja Mannar recruits his close confidants and family as Doras to rule the city-state. In 2010, Raja Mannar's son-in-law, Bhaarava, pleads with him to consider reconciling with Vardha, who was banished in 1985 for giving away his territory to a Ghaniyaar tribesman. Raja Mannar commands Ranga (whose father was bribed with Vardha's territory in 1985), one of the Doras, to sacrifice his position for Vardha's sake, prompting Ranga to be instilled with rage and jealousy towards Vardha, while Vardha's step-siblings, Rudra Raja Mannar and Radha Rama Mannar, are also against this decision. Raja Mannar temporarily delegates his responsibilities to Radha Rama and leaves Khansaar to look over a concerning issue. In order to prevent violence in his absence, Radha Rama proposes imposing a ceasefire, but her decision is opposed to a large extent and a voting on whether to lift the ceasefire or impose it is supposed to take place after nine days. Immediately, all the Doras and Kapus brings powerful mercenary armies from Serbia, Austria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Russia and South Sudan with the intent of usurping the throne as soon as the voting ended. Meanwhile, Vardha turns to Deva, who resides in Bharuch, Gujarat with his mother. Deva re-enters Khansaar and for most of the days, tolerates the humiliation of Vardha by the Doras and their henchmen. However, Deva eventually fights and murders Vishnu, son of Narang, one of the Doras, as he persistently forces girls from a scheduled tribe as prostitutes; instigated by Bhaarava, Rudra pits Narang against Vardha and directs him to punish him during the trial, instead of Deva. During the trial, an infuriated Deva slaughters and beheads Narang for manhandling Vardha infront of all Doras and Radha Rama, after Deva pleads to Narang not to hurt Vardha. This moment stunned all the witnesses. Vardha, Deva, and all of their associates including Vardha's younger brother, Baachi, aides Bilal and Rinda, and advisor, Gaikwad alias Baba, are apprehended. On the day of the voting, Raja Mannar suddenly returns to Khansaar and votes in Radha's favour to continue the ceasefire. However, V.... Discover the Shruti Bhat popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Shruti Bhat books.