Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire, starring Prabhas in the lead role, hit the big screens on December 22, 2023. Now, almost two years after its release, it seems that a section of the film’s background music may have been copied into a Hollywood film.
Did the creators of The Lost Bus copy Salaar’s background music?
According to several reports, the background music of Prabhas’ Salaar was copied in Matthew McConaughey starrer The Lost Bus. The makers of the Hollywood film recently released an “Inside Look” video from the film, which appears to feature the same or very similar music.
Around 1:10 in the video, there’s a track that sounds a lot like the background music for Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire, originally composed by Ravi Basrur. The striking similarity of the original soundtrack has attracted the attention of many netizens, who call it a copy.
Watch the video here:
Reacting to the alleged copying, one fan wrote: “This is what Salaar BGM did… Hollywood copied our darling BGM!”
Another user commented, “You copied the bgm from the Indian film salaar. »
Here are the reactions:
More about Salaar
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire is an epic Telugu-language neo-noir action thriller starring Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead roles. Set in the fictional dystopian city-state of Khansaar, where monarchy exists, the film tells the story of two friends, Deva, an exiled prince, and Varadha, the outgoing prince, whose bond is tested by politics, power and betrayal.
After years of separation, Khansaar and Varadha face the threat of a coup in the absence of Varadha’s father, Raja Mannar. Hoping to fight back, he enlists with the help of his friend Deva, causing inevitable bloodshed.
On the other hand, The Lost Bus is an American survival drama starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in the lead roles. Directed by Paul Greengrass, the film is based on a real-life incident involving bus driver Kevin McKay, who bravely led a school bus of 22 students and a few teachers to safety during the 2018 Camp Fire in Northern California.
The film was released directly to Apple TV+ on October 3, 2025 and received positive reviews from critics.
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