Filmmaker Faruk Kabir, who is gearing up for the release of Salakaar”, spoke about the action in the upcoming series and said that he doesn’t see action as a formula and shoots it himself when he has to.
“For me, action isn’t choreography, it’s emotional crescendo,” Kabir said.
He added: “Every punch, every chase, every fall is an extension of a feeling, love, fear, rage, even heartbreak.”
The filmmaker recalls how he told action star Vidyut Jammwal, with whom he worked in the Khuda Haafiz franchise, to fight like a “broken guy”.
“I don’t see action as a formula. I shoot it myself when I have to, because I need it to feel raw. Lived in. Not staged. I remember telling Vidyut in one of my older films, ‘Forget what you know. Now fight like a broken guy from Lucknow would.’ That’s the kind of truth I chase,” he said.
In Salakaar, he brings that same raw pulse to the journey of a man who’s not born a hero, he’s becoming one.
“He makes mistakes. But even in his failures, there’s heroism. A madness. That’s what this show is about — that honest, flawed, emotional fight,” Kabir said.
Inspired by real life events, Salakaar takes you deep into a world where loyalty is currency, silence is survival, and one man’s past mission could decide the fate of a nation.