Updated On: 22 December, 2023 10:35 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
The idea is to project hero Prabhas—for whatever reason, aka Rebel Star—prancing around with as few dialogues to replace the dhai kilo ka haath the camera zooms-in on

Salaar review
No, don’t get me wrong. I do get Mad Max (2015) type of gladiatorial entertainment. Which this is—a ‘gandasa’/machete western, if you like.
Whether set in 2017 or flashing back to the mid-1980s, fire substitutes for electricity, that has yet to be invented, it seems. It’s all semi-dark in sepia tone. Every minute, time freezes in slo-mo to whack the crap outta various men, flying like saucers, landing on their face, as the screen gathers dust.