#my salaar gifs

[ririsasy]

Nothing has changed after 25 years. Varadha having tears in his eyes as he watched Deva walk away from his life and Deva having the same tears threatening to escape his eyes upon finally seeing Varadha again after 25 years. Love is stored in the lover’s eyes and that’s why it’s over pouring at the very sight of him.

[lillieslotus]

it’s 6am and im drowning in varadeva thoughts!

prashanth neel really created 2 stalwart hulks w the physical dexterity to turn all of khansaar crimson red, while simultaneously building them to have the SOFTEST heart for each other!

they meet after 25 long years, and require no acclimation WHATSOEVER before displaying physical affection towards each other! not a moment of awkwardness. they melt and shrink w each other without any hesitation. tol big men soo smol 🥺 so attuned to each other’s bodies (!!despite the physical distance that stretched for more than 2 decades!!)

idk man but it’s fr refreshing to see two big men, carrying the capacity for such extreme violence, also embrace each other so intimately and be so vulnerable w each other!

they do not feel any pressure to give in to the macho-man-lacking-emotions persona bc they simply do not give a fuck! they feel a lot and their feelings towards each other are far greater than any possible need to push out an image of a tough, ruthless interior. they missed each other, and everyone will have to endure that!

just boyfriends always caring for each other. varadha looking out to ensure his man has his chili powder (to be loved is to be seen!! bc you remembered that detail for 25 years?) deva making space for him to lay his head, CARESSING him, making sure he’s taken care of in such a vulnerable drunken state, remaining by his side through the night 🥹🥹 he would jump in and fight off the nightmares for varadha if he could!

these are all !!open!! declarations of love, your honor! and my men don’t shy away from it either. they love each other and they will make it everyone’s problem (cue the flashback to narang’s beheading for being audacious enough to touch deva’s varadha in his presence)

[pariaritzia]

Deva and Varadha in SALAAR (2023)

[mahi-wayy]

Sriya Reddy as Radha Rama Rajmannaar in Salaar. for @houseofbreadpakoda

[prithsposts]

The gray shirt look 🩶🖤

[spookypeacephantom]

"Does it matter - you are here "

* Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire

[magicaldragons]

how varadha & deva handle emotions

an analysis of their expressiveness

Varadha is someone who is so used to holding his emotions within himself and constantly showing restraint, that when he lets go, it rushes out of him – he's very affectionate when he absolutely cannot hold back his emotions (when he's drunk, overwhelmed, and especially when he feels safe) – which is why he might seem like the softer, more emotional one, but he definitely knows how to compartmentalize most of his emotions and has a lot of control over his body language. 

it's also why Varadha seems like the strategist amongst the both of them, even though Deva is just as smart when handling situations.

Varadha has grown to hide everything he feels. he instinctively pushes people away, and only those who know him intimately get to see his genuine persona – which also explains why the only people by his side currently, are those who have been by his side since childhood.

it is actually Deva, who is the more emotional of the two. he's very casual with the love he gives to select people in his life, which is why his affection doesn't seem very overt. it's something he doesn't hide – his true motives and feelings are always there, just within reach. he truly wears his heart on his sleeve and is a very transparent person.

this is apparent when we notice that: in the short time he's spent in Tinsukia, he's managed to make a mini-gang out of the kids, they listen to him and really look up to him, while simultaneously feeling safe enough around him to be honest with him. it takes someone very transparent, innocent, and gentle to be trusted by so many children, so quickly.

the main difference between the both of them is only that Varadha is more deceptive, and can definitely keep his intentions hidden. Varadha knows what power is, and where to use it – his willpower along with his self control is very strong and he is someone who thinks of all possible outcomes before making any decision – always a step ahead, mentally.

Deva relies solely on himself though, he doesn't really bother with politics – though if he wanted to he would definitely know what he's doing – but power dynamics isn't what he focuses on.

he's someone who creates the outcome he's aiming for, rather than manipulating a situation to suit him, and this partly stems from how strong his character is, physically, along with his general approach towards all situations in life.

[tenderfriedchimkn]

CONTAINS SPOILERS!

I've read fanfiction since I have been a teenager, and one plot I've seen being a bit..overused? Is that the correct word? Is the rape or non consensual aspect. I understand it's a good, better yet, a great thing to be seen and heard by the voices of the masses who have experienced such cruelty. But rather I find it to be a bit off putting when it's solely used by the author to drive the plot forward or add a depth of complexity to the character. Recently I've been reading Varadeva fanfiction on ao3, almost half the fanfictions contain elements of Varadha being a victim of such a situation.

Men can be victims of such instances as well, and even traditionally strong men can be victims too. Salaar contains inherently sexual undertones for the ones who want to believe that and I understand but I don't necessarily stand by it. But, considering the 87-ish fanfics on ao3 of Varadeva or Salaar (as of now), the authors could use a better plot point to use on their works.

Adding a depth of complexity to an already troubled character is definitely difficult and I can certainly understand why someone would use that for a character, rape is a very real situation and the victims should be seen and heard, but fanfic writers use this so much to the point where multiple readers could find the story to be solely about it, rather than overcoming it.

Overcoming it is definitely difficult, and I think this situation can be used well if written well. And, although ao3 is a more mature version of Wattpad, there is no doubt that some works can rival even the 12 year olds on Wattpad. They use the rape aspect to be a plot driver and execute it poorly.

So this is where my thoughts on Varadeva fanfiction comes in, although I understand most of these are fanon, there are some fanfics that are sort of leaning towards a canon aspect, and some of you may argue that Varadeva is fanon itself. You're right, it is, but it is a ship, not an overused plot driver. Most of the rape aspects in these fanfics show Varadha's vulnerability, and that's fine.

But, my issue comes to the fact that Varadha is written in such a way that his vulnerability is due to his supposedly unhealthy relationship with consent or his experience with rape and all that. Varadha is mentally strong, and I know it's a running joke that he is unstable, but nobody can deny he is a strong person.

He is vulnerable due to many reasons, the way people treat him, his younger brother, uncertain safety, his best friend and such. Yet we can see that he is able to withstand it better than anyone else on the outside, despite seeing how he cried after getting drunk, we know that he is still mentally strong.

You guys can argue with me all you want, but this man is very mentally strong. Imagine your mother dying, having to take care of your younger brother when you yourself are a child, your best friend leaving you, your father disgracing you, your older half-siblings despising you, your people humiliating you and on top of that, you gain the throne with the blood of your foes and friends but your best friend becomes your arch rival.

He is stronger than me, and he deserves to be written better, rather than him being a victim of another one of real situations turned into meaningless plot drivers by teen authors.

Here's Varadha smiling if you finished reading all that. ↓

[lunadragongem]

After watching Animal (don't btw) this was infinitely better absolutely INCREDIBLE!!

Prabhas and Prithviraj GOAT FRFR

Ive seen a lot of takes both queer and non queer and I'd say the relationship between their characters is nice both ways. Personally I just see them as having a close brotherhood (which is normal between guys in India) but I can understand the appeal of them having a queer-coded relationship which is also nice

PRABHAS & PRITHVIRAJ SUKUMARAN in SALAAR: PART 1 - CEASEFIRE (2023)

[ririsasy]

COMPARING SCENES FROM THE SAME DIRECTOR PRASHANTH NEEL WITH ROCKY X REENA IN KGF CHAPTER 2 VS DEVA X VARADHA IN SALAAR PART 1 CEASEFIRE

1. No way rocky and Varadha having the same confused but intrigued expression on their faces while Deva and Reena dragged them on their hands and set to bring them wherever they want to go as this strong headed character that their lover will follow anywhere they take them. Helppp

2. Varadha and Reena having the same wonder in their eyes as their lovers put the sacred jewelry on them and couldn't believe that this person in front of them could love them this much!

3. The way Reena and Varadha both jumping in their lovers' arms like a little kid argghhhhh the way Rocky and Deva trying to brace the impact and managed to keep themselves steady and protectively secured their clingy lovers in their strong arms immediately like??

4. Varadha and Rocky laying their heads on their respective lovers' lap help me as their loved ones pat them soothingly on their chests and run their fingers through their hairs !!

5. Possessively put your hand across your lover's body for what? Not once varadha did this in the entire movie, he just acted like Deva’s boyfriend most of the freaking time!

I see what you did there Prashanth neel, clear as a day 😭 I mean knowing his vision and how he directed certain action to show a progress in a romantic relationship in his previous movie then putting the same mindset while directing varadeva with similar shoot and point of view I think it should be an easy math to conclude what he actually meant by those scenes huh

THERE ARE MORE ON THE REBLOG BECAUSE PRASHANTH NEEL IS INSANE FOR THIS

[lillieslotus]

v interesting character detail inDEED 👀 (he’s basically confirming varadeva soulmatism idc idc 😴)

[pariaritzia]

-The sultan, however big the problem was, wouldn't deploy his formidable army. Instead, he would go to only one man. Whatever the sultan wished for, he would bring it to him. Whatever the sultan rejected, he would destroy...Khansaar changed the fate of a lot of people. But what changed the fate of Khansaar was when two best friends became arch enemies.

Release trailer for SALAAR (2023)

[mahi-wayy]

Prabhas as "Salaar" Devaratha Raisaar Shouryanga

[navinskizz]

So yeah let’s talk about this.

I asked my mother about duryodhan and karna’s friendship and also did abit of research myself. I think I got some connections with both of the two characters.

In Mahabharata duryodhan made karna the king of agna during an event where the rich and the royals showcase their skills. Karna who went to participate in that event was humiliated for being a sutapurta and in that moment duryodhan step in and helped him. This part clashes with the scene when varadha gave away bharghat to save deva and his mother.( ofc it’s not same but we are just looking for the similarities)

Even though duryodhan is known as evil. He was a great and a loyal friend to karna. He shared his riches and luxuries with Karna and made him a prominent member of his inner circle. On this, varadha was a very good friend to deva. They would play around and Amma feeding them. Also it’s not varadha being evil but his family in this case.

The Promise. When duryodhan gave one of his kingdom to karna. Karna promised duryodhan that good or bad, anything he will always side with duryodhan no matter what. Just like deva promising varadha that he will return whenever varadha ask him to when he was leaving khansaar(and the promise to give varadha khansaar).

Even when duryodhan got to know karna was kunti’s son he didnot go angry or anything. His friendship stayed the same with karna(it also says duryodhan never got to know the truth tho) and karna also stayed beside duryodhan(but he did betray a little by sparing the 4 pandav’s life on the request of his real mother kunti who was pandavs mother as well,making karna more blood related to pandavs than kauravs who were pandavs enemies same as deva who is a shouryanga devoting himself to his supposed enemy a mannar). Varadha also knew deva was a shouryanga and still helped him knowing his father is out there killing them, even after being pressured so much he didnot tell anyone why he gave away the kada(bracelet), got disgrace by his father and went through 25 years of humiliation for deva. Even during the climax, baachi and others were shocked but not varadha.

Both of these friendships were pure and with mutual respect. There was no greed in it. Varadha saying sorry to deva for bringing him back to khansaar and duryodhan respecting his friend choice of not joining the war or even not questioning when karna gave away his armour.

A +plus one ( more like a theory I made)duryodhan and karna friendship had its flaws and it’s said to be mainly from karna’s side. Karna was loyal but he had his own priorities set. He was blinded by ego to destroy Arjun and also betrayed duryodhan in a way.Well deva is far from that but there still needs to be a reason why they became enemies. In my opinion, deva didnot harm shouryangas and let them go( just like karna who let the pandavs go) and it resulted in baachi’s death by shouryangas (same as dushasan’s and duryodhan’s other brothers death). A scene of betrayal which made varadha hate deva. (Both deva and karna promised their friend that they will always stay by their side and both betrayed them in a way even its indirect).

À small plus again. It’s a short from the 6th point. Deva did not harm shouryangas and let them go. So when karna got to know the truth of his birth. Kunti asked him to leave the enemy side and join them but karna who had given his loyalty to duryodhan refused the offer. For me deva knows he is shouryanga but he does not know other shouryangas are alive as well so when he gets to know through bharava or any other means,he will spare them and they will ask him to join them cus he is their leader same as karna is kunti’s original eldest son and not be on enemy side(that’s varadha cus he is a mannar) but deva whose loyalty also lies with varadha would refuse it and tell them to go away with no knowledge to varadha. It would somehow lead shouryangas killing baachi.

This is another +plus one. It’s about Radha Rama and shakuni mama. Well I read a blog from @rambheem-is-real .they answered to someone about varadha being evil and greedy now cus he has the throne. As written, it could be possible.

Let’s start with Shakuni.

He was the prince of gandhara. It says when his sister got proposed for marriage by dhritarashtra(kauravs’s father), he didnot liked the proposal cus dhritarashtra was blind(idk how much of this is true. I just read about it on google). Gandhari(kauravs’s mother) even blind folded herself for her husband. We know Shakuni played a big part in destroying the kuru dynasty. he wanted hastinapur to fall and His resentment and manipulative nature led the dynasty to fall. He also had a huge influence on duryodhan on top of that. He used to listen to his mama(maternal uncle) and that may have led him to become like that(hate pandavs). Shakuni did sided with kauravs but wanted the whole kingdom to fall down.

Radharama.

She is raja mannar’s pride. She also listens to her father words and takes it very seriously. She is a strong lady(love her for that). This one clashes with the blog I read. So if varadha has became courrpt(I hope not cus if it is then I will die and haunt prashanth neel my whole afterlife)and we see Rinda and other Radharama’s people together as well. What if to avenge her father Radharama pretended to be a sister to varadha and started to influence him through her words just like shakuni did with duryodhan. She found deva again and wanted varadha and deva to clash and destroy eachother. She knows their dynamic and what if she was one of the reasons deva and varadha separated( Personal opinion tho). Both Radharama and shakuni were the reason behind the dispute and the main players for what happened(shakuni)and what will happen(Radharama).

( Mfs are the real main antagonist)

Another short note to be noted. Pandu(father of pandavs) and dhritarashtra(father of kauravs) were brothers in real. Pandu was the original king of hanstinapur before he decided to leave with his wives to pay for his sins, letting his elder brother take over the kingdom. It’s not for varadeva but their fathers.It’s different but Dhaara was suppose to be the karta of khansaar after shiva mannar but raja mannar took it from him by killing him. The similarity I found is how shouryanga and mannar are brotherslike tribes as well(also ganiyars) and just like dhritarashtra, raja mannar also believed he should have the throne not cus he is older but his father was the karta at that time. They held great anger when other got the right for the position.

P.S: kauravs are duryodhan and his brothers and pandavs are arjun and his 4 brothers.

@r41nb0wm00n I tried

So I don’t know if it’s true or not but I got to know something.

Is it true that deva and varadha’s character were inspired by duryodhan and karna from Mahabharat???

Someone PLEASE answer me on this. Why am I getting to know of this today, NOW????? Is it a fact or just a HC???

[spookypeacephantom]

The shot & the scene = perfection

[magicaldragons]

deva & varadha

headcanon edition

smoking doesn't do much for varadha; it doesn't give him that hit of relaxation that others get from it. sometimes though, just sometimes, during the seven years they spend apart, varadha smokes to remember deva and feel closer to him.

similarly, deva does not prefer drinking, especially because his fatal flaw is needing to feel the pain he thinks he deserves

more importantly, the only way to hold onto varadha now is through the pain of his absence; numbing that pain would be like numbing the part of him that belongs to varadha.

basically very: 'what is grief, if not love persevering?' coded

when varadha came to find him, after twenty five years, deva truly wasn't sure of the reason. he didn't ask though, because it was varadha: all varadha ever had to do was call and deva would be there. deva thought at first that varadha had wanted him by his side because he wanted to feel safe, and that was okay, because deva wanted to be the person varadha relied on

but THEN he found out that varadha actually had no expectation of even staying alive and that he'd called deva for baachi's sake – and that broke deva for sure.

baachi definitely freaked out when varadha started opening up and saying "you never asked why i called you," to deva because he thought varadha was gonna say something really vulnerable while he was drunk (possibly reveal some feelings, who knows) o.O

when varadha's squad first meets deva during the ceasefire, they refer to him as 'the tall guy,' especially because he's so quiet and reserved around them.

they end up teasing varadha about it for a WHILE afterwards, because every time varadha used to talk about him in stories he would describe young deva as shorter than himself, but now deva's grown, and even varadha's a bit surprised.