Filmmaker Prashanth Neel says movies like his 'KGF' franchise that organically travel across the country do well. Neel and Yash, the lead star of 'KGF' series, rose to national prominence after the success of 'KGF: Chapter 1', the 2018 Kannada period action film. Its 2022 follow-up, 'KGF: Chapter 2' also starred Bollywood actors Raveena Tandon and Sanjay Dutt in key roles.

The director, who made his debut with 2014's 'Ugramm', said he never plans his films as pan-India projects. "'KGF' happened very organically. Movies that happen organically always do well. You can't plan to make a pan-India movie, you can't plan and say that I'm going to bring these actors from this industry to make it a pan-India movie. It doesn't work like that," Neel told PTI before the release of Salaar.