Vishaal in his first Telugu straight film Salute

The shooting of the film Salute directed by Rajasekhar and produced by Vikram Krishna on the banner of GK Film Corporation with Vishaal and Nayanthara in the lead was launched at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad on August 15, the Independence Day. This is the first straight Telugu film for Vishal. Vishal's mother Tongue is Telugu, but he first acted in Tamil movies and they were dubbed into Telugu. D. Ramanaidu gave the clap, Devi Sri Prasad switched on the camera for the muhurat shot picturised under the honorary direction of Puri Jagannath. Upendra, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Chandramohan, Ali, Jeeva, Ravi Kale and others are in the cast. Dialogues are by Sashank Vennelakanti, lyrics are by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry and Chandrabose, music is by Harris Jayraj and cinematography is by R.D. Rajasekhar.