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Salaar director Prashanth Neel: ‘I try to make small moments work more than the big ones’

Prashanth Neel, in an interview, said for the mass moments to work, the small emotional moments should work.

Prashanth Neel, PrabhasPrashanth Neel with Prabhas on the sets of Salaar.

Prashanth Neel has revealed why small moments in his films matter more than the big moments like the heroic scenes of KGF movies. The director also shared that it is easy to create mass moments and all the filmmakers have started to create good action blocks.

When asked if he would write certain scenes wondering how the audience is going to react to it, Prashanth told Galatta Plus, “I will give you an example. After KGF came out and it got a response, many people came and said that they liked the bun scene. It has nothing to do with scale or elevation. The way I see successful directors do it and I mimic them in making the small moments work more than the big ones. I think that’s what they (the audience) will take back. In Salaar as well we have put in a lot of those small moments without the big CGI work and punchlines… because that’s what I think is pan-Indian. We all get the fights right. All the movies that I have loved… the pan-Indian movies… I loved their small moments.”

He added, “A lot of people have come to me and said that the scene where the mother comes and holds his hand when he is injured moved them. I try and make those moments work. I think I have got it right in Salaar also. Drama is always a difficult thing to do, and I am pleased that I have done it right. I have edited Salaar a hundred times and I lost judgment of the movie, but I am pleased I have got the drama right.”

Prashant Neel also revealed that Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire is all about two best friends turning into biggest enemies. Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran are playing the two friends in the fictional city called Khansaar. The first part of Salaar will be released on December 22 in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, and Hindi.

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