Saaho

Saaho (transl. Let victory be yours) is a 2019 Indian action thriller film[3] written and directed by Sujeeth, and produced by UV Creations.[6][7][8] Filmed simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages, it stars Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor, marking the former’s Hindi debut and the latter’s debut in South Indian cinema.[9][10][11][12] The film also has Jackie Shroff, Arun Vijay and Neil Nitin Mukesh in other prominent roles. The film follows an undercover agent and his partner as they go after a thief who has stolen ₹2,000 crore (US$270 million). Soon, they realise that the case is linked to the death of a crime lord and an emerging gang war.

Principal photography for Saaho began on August 2017. Filming took place in India, United Arab Emirates, Romania and Austria.[13] Produced on a budget of ₹350 crore (US$46 million), it is one of the most expensive Indian films ever produced. The film’s soundtrack was released under the banner T-Series. Saaho was released in India in theatres and IMAX on 30 August 2019.[14]

The movie received generally negative reviews from Hindi critics and mixed reviews from Telugu and Tamil critics, who criticized the screenplay, music, length, direction and dubbing, though Prabhas’s performance, visual effects, cinematography and action sequences received praise. It grossed over ₹433 crore (US$58 million) at the worldwide box office against its budget of ₹350 crore (US$46 million) and was the second highest-grossing Indian film of the year.

Narantak Roy, the crime boss of Waaji City’s underworld, is killed in a deliberate car crash in Mumbai. Devraj, the son of a former crime boss, declares himself the next crime syndicate leader. Ibrahim reveals to Kalki, legal advisor of the Roy Group, that Roy’s family has been killed twice, and he has been raising a secret for 25 years. The secret was that he had a son named Vishwank Roy. Vishwank foils Devraj’s plans by succeeding his father as the next boss. Vishwank is determined to unmask his father’s murderer.

The story turns to Mumbai, where a mastermind steals about ₹2,000 crore (US$270 million) with ease. Since he used random people to rob the money who had no idea about what they were doing, it was difficult to identify the culprit. A nationwide search ensues to find the culprit. Undercover agent Ashok Chakravarthy, who is extremely secretive, is assigned head of the search. Working with Amritha Nair, an officer he likes, they uncover a thief named Jai. Ashok meets Jai in the bar and he reveals to him the black box, the key to the locker holding the money of all the gangsters which is located in Waaji City. Kalki, on Vishwank’s command, travels to Mumbai and takes the black box. During all this, Amritha and Ashok fall in love.