4. Saaho
Prabhas has now become a household name not just in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana but throughout India after the raging and record shattering success of SS Rajmouli directed Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. And it is no wonder that his upcoming movie would be released in Hindi along with Telugu and Tamil. The movie has been named as Saaho and is being directed by Sujeeth with a budget of Rs. 200 million under the banner of UV Creations.
The movie is being simultaneously shot in three languages, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Shraddha Kapoor is the lead actress. Neil Nitin Mukesh, Jackie Shroff, Mandira Bedi and Chunky Pandey have also been roped in to play major roles in the movie. Mandira Bedi has admitted that she is one of the two major antagonists in the movie. Though the entire cast is tight lipped about the genre of the movie, the buzz around is that it is either a reincarnation based movie or includes time travel in the story. This conclusion was reached based on the look of Prabhas in the poster where he flaunts an urban look while the people on the set of the movie admitted that it was a pre independence era shoot.
2017 has to be one of the two best professional years for Prabhas as the sequel for the blockbuster Baahubali: The Beginning was released. Baahubali: The Conclusion became the first ever Indian movie to gross over INR 1000 crore in all languages in mere 10 days. It is also the second highest grossing Indian movie till date. Prabhas is also the only South Indian actor to have his wax statue in Madame Tussaud’s wax museum! Shraddha Kapoor had a decent 2017 with 3 releases but it was Haseena Parkar which pushed the envelope for her. It was the first time that she was the main protagonist of a movie but was let down by a shallow script despite her stellar acting.