Salaar Ceasefire: Army of One
A crazy and ridiculously silly, yet violent movie that is a modern day gangster movie, a story around powerful descendants of Dacoits (bandit warriors from ancient India). “The fate of a violently contested kingdom hands on the fraught bond between two friends turned foes in this safe of power, blood shed and betrayal.”
Two best friends Deva & Varadha grew up together in the gangster capital of Khangsaar. A unique imaginary world. Amazing world building here. Deva in his youth, swears loyalty to his friend for saving his and his mothers life. “Only for you, I will be a bait or a shark. Only for you, whenever you call me, I will come back to this place.”
“During the time of the Persian empire, the Sultan, however big the problem, wouldn't deploy his formidable army. He would only go to one man. For whatever the sultan wished for… and destroy whatever the Sultan rejected.”
As usual there are lots of wise lessons in this movie. “Children are like molten iron….mold them well and they become lamps that spread light. If you don’t they become blood shedding swords.”
“You can stop a river with a dam but you can’t stop a raging ocean.” The point as exemplified by our main character Deva is that human vitality and energy overcomes most challenges and issues. Yet for many of us, myself for sure this energy is usually spent on our darker impulses.
“I know for a fact that no hunger can match the hunger for vengeance. Our time has come.”
When his friend Varadha asks for help 25 years later, Deva answers the call. And it gets very bloody soon. “A hunter is not pained by not being able to find prey, as by not being able to hunt. So In that case declare hunting season. The crimson of flowing blood is always beautiful.” Deva, a violent, one man army unleashes hell on Varadha’s enemies.
We learn the eternal lessons that power is always taken. Never given. “The strongest shall prevail. The Strongest shall rule.” Something the world is relearning again the hard way in 2025. Unfortunately the world is very harsh and cruel to the weak.
Deva delivers the Khansaar empire to his friend in a bloody evening of killing a la John Wick but with swords & axes. But there is a crazy twist in the end. A fun and interesting movie. Can’t wait for Part 2.