Kabzaa

Kabzaa (2023)

ಕಬ್ಜ

The Rise of Gangsters in India

During the British rule in India, Arakeshwara, an air force soldier and son of a freedom fighter Amareshwara,due to unavoidable circumstances, kills Khaleed, the don of Amarapura and thus gets trapped in the mafia world and later becomes the king of the underworld. However, trouble ensues for Arakeshwara as he has to deal with his rivals and Bhargav Bhakshi, a cop sent by the British to eradicate him and the underworld.

Date of release
2023-03-17
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (16)
Runtime
2h 16m
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director
R. Chandru

Casting

Interesting facts

Kabzaa (transl. Possession/Conquest) is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language period action gangster film written and directed by R. Chandru. The film featured an ensemble cast of Upendra, Shiva Rajkumar, Kiccha Sudeepa, Shriya Saran, Sudha, Murali Sharma, Nawab Shah, Suneel Puranik, John Kokken, Dev Gill, Kabir Duhan Singh, Danish Akhtar Saifi, Kota Srinivasa Rao, and Posani Krishna Murali. In the film, Arkeshwara, an air force officer, enters the underworld due to unavoidable circumststances and revolves around his life between 1942 and 1986.

Production

The film's shoot had to be suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it resumed in March 2021. Actor Nawab Shah joined the shoot in October 2021, Sudeep in December 2021, while Asha Bhat joined the cast in 2022. The film marks the debut of Murali Sharma in Kannada films. The team later announced that Shiva Rajkumar had done a cameo appearance in the film.

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