Kaantha

Kaantha (2025)

காந்தா

Set in the backdrop of a film set, in the 1950’s in post colonial Madras, the film is centred around the professional rivalry between a film-maker trying to make his seminal film and the top reigning actor who the director once introduced. The rivalry spirals around the leading actress, a debutante and as the relationship between the three.

Date of release
2025-11-13
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (32)
Runtime
2h 30m
Genres
History, Crime, Drama
Director
Selvamani Selvaraj

Casting

Interesting facts

Kaantha is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language period crime thriller film directed by Selvamani Selvaraj who co-wrote the script with Thamizh Prabha. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Samuthirakani, Rana Daggubati, Bhagyashri Borse and Gayathrie Shankar. The film is the fictionalized work inspired by the life of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. It is produced by Daggubati and Salmaan under Spirit Media and Wayfarer Films.

Production

In late-July 2023, Dulquer Salmaan was announced to join hands with Selvamani Selvaraj in a period film set in the 1950s in Madras. The film was announced to jointly be produced by Rana Daggubati and Salmaan under their Spirit Media and Wayfarer Films banners respectively. Apart from Salmaan, the film stars Samuthirakani and Bhagyashri Borse in other prominent roles, while also marking the latter's Tamil debut.

Production began on 9 August 2024 at Rama Naidu Studios in Hyderabad with the inaugural clap given by Venkatesh Daggubati.

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