Updated On: 20 December, 2023 02:37 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Director Prashanth Neel, who made his debut with 2014`s `Ugramm`, said he never plans his films as pan-India projects.

Prashant Neel with Prabhas
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.