If there is magic in movies, then Kannada film producers Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda seem to be magicians. In a year when most films suffered a tragic fate at the box office, the producer duo delivered smashing hits in KGF: Chapter 2, and Kantara. The year 2023 looks promising for Hombale Films, too — on the anvil is the Prabhas-led actioner, Salaar. “We want to make Indian movies. That’s why we announced Salaar as an Indian movie, not Telugu. Almost 85 per cent of the shoot is done. Only the climax has to be shot in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, next month. We are expecting it to be our biggest movie so far. Prabhas hasn’t been seen like this since Baahubali,” says Kiragandur. The film, also starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Shruti Haasan, will also release in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.

Producer Kiragandur on Kantara’s success