Kannada hero Darshan, who is a big mass hero in Kannada cinema issued a direct challenge to Salaar in the context of his film, Kateera releasing a week after Salaar.
When asked if he feels his film might get affected due to Salaar, Darshan had a fiery response as he said.
“Why should we be scared of them? Ours is a Kannada film and it will find its audience in the Kannada heartland. It is them who should be struggling for recognition here in Kannada” Darshan said in the interview.
Darsha was of the implication that Salaar can’t do any damage to his film in the Kannada market. But perhaps he took a dig at Prashanth Neel for moving out of Kannada cinema after KGF as he set up projects with Prabhas and Jr NTR.