Prabhas’ Saaho has an unbelievably expensive 8-minute action scene. Here’s how much it cost

An eight-minute action scene in Prabhas’ upcoming film Saaho has reportedly broken the record for the most expensive scene in an Indian film.

Hot on the heels of reports that suggest Prabhas-starrer Saaho has been pushed back to avoid a box office clash, a new report claims that one action scene in the film cost a whopping ₹70 crore to film. The eight-minute action sequence is set in Abu Dhabi.

Prabhas in a still from the Saaho teaser.

DNA says that the information comes courtesy the film’s cinematographer, Madhie. Director Sujeeth had said in a previous interview that a bulk of the film’s budget would be devoted to the action. “The scale on which it is being made, a major budget will be spent on some extravagant action scenes. Although it will be a commercial outing, we are attempting something new and I would like to keep that as a surprise element,” Sujeeth had said.

The scene was filmed under the supervision of famed Hollywood action director Kenny Bates, who is known for his work in Pearl Harbour, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol.

The film was initially slated for an Independence Day release, clashing directly with Akshay Kumar’s Mission Mangal and John Abraham’s Batla House, as well as the second season of Sacred Games on Netflix. But recent reports suggest that the film has been pushed back to August 30. Saaho is reportedly produced on a ₹300 crore budget and also stars Shraddha Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Chunky Pandey and Mandira Bedi.

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