It was announced before few weeks that director Prashanth Neel of the Kannada blockbuster KGF Chapter 1 and KGF Chapter 2 fame is all set to direct a mega budget action entertainer titled as Salaar and that this movie will be produced by KGF producers Hombale Films.

While Baahubali fame Prabhas was announced to play the lead role in Salaar, there have been speculations making the rounds that Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi might be playing the villain in Salaar and that the makers approached him after his villain performance in Master.

The latest buzz making the rounds is that the team of Salaar is planning to rope in actress Shruti Haasan as the female lead of the mega project. While an official clarification on this speculation is yet to be made, this will be Shruti Haasan's first movie with Prabhas if the talks work out.