Prashant Neel is currently on location hunting for Prabhas starrer Salaar. The team of Salaar shifted the shooting location to Matera in the mid of March to the old southern Italian town famous for its prehistoric whitewashed caves.
Incidentally, the action prologue for the 2021 James Bond film No Time to Die (2021) was shot in Matera. Several other international movies have also been shot here.
Unit sources said that Salaar production has now moved to Naples, where preparations for filming in the southern port city's central Piazza del Plebiscito plaza are underway.The local police are assisting with the set preparations, which include the use of drones and lighting for night shooting. Aside from Matera and Naples, other Salaar locales include Rome and Budapest.
The first installment of the thriller with a love undercurrent is set to be released internationally on September 28 in Telugu and dubbed versions in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and English. The film is written and directed by Neel and produced by Vijay Kiragandur’s Hombale Films.