Baahubali was Prabhas' first pan-Indian film but it was dubbed for the North audience. However, the actor considers Saaho to be his first Hindi film. Prabhas who was new to the Hindi language in terms of speaking underwent six months of training to acquire precision. The Sujeeth-directed multilingual has been shot in Telugu and Hindi and has been dubbed in Tamil and Malayalam by Prabhas.

Starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor, Saaho released on August 30, 2019. The film (Hindi version) collected Rs 29.48 crores on its third day (Sunday). It opened at a record-breaking number of Rs 24.40 crore on its first day (Friday) and saw an upward trend on its second day by minting Rs. 25.20 crore (Saturday). This makes the film's total weekend collection stand at Rs 79.08 crores.