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Dulquer Salmaan in ‘Kaantha’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Directed by Selvamani Selvaraj, who made the docu-series The Hunt for Veerappan, the movie, set within the Nineteen Fifties, in Madras, explores the strained relationship between a filmmaker (Samuthirakani) and his protégé, TK Mahadevan (Dulquer). While the trailer begins with Samuthirakani’s character telling Dulquer that he has been chosen to play the lead in Modern Picture’s subsequent enterprise, issues get heated up as their equation modifications, by the point Mahadevan’s stardom hits the roof and he turns into referred to as the ‘King of appearing’.
As revealed within the teaser of the movie launched a number of months in the past, the battle of egos between them is over the movie, Shaantha, touted as Tamil trade’s first horror movie. Mahadevan decides to have his approach on the set, ignoring his director. He is upset when the director stresses that the movie is all concerning the heroine, performed by Bhagyashri, who in flip, is caught between the 2. At some extent, Mahadevan decides to vary the movie’s title to Kaantha from Shaantha. Rana arrives as a police officer, presumably as a consequence of some untoward incident on the capturing location.
Dulquer Salmaan in Kaantha | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The movie is claimed to be loosely impressed by the lifetime of MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, thought-about the primary famous person in Tamil cinema. If so, that is Dulquer’s second try at enjoying a real-life actor, the opposite being Mahanati, by which he essayed Gemini Ganeshan. His final launch was the Telugu movie, Lucky Bhaskar and he had additionally appeared in a cameo in one of many greatest hits of this yr, Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra, which he additionally produced.
The movie marks the Tamil debut of Bhagyashri, who made her appearing debut with the Hindi movie, Yaariyan 2, did a particular look within the Hindi movie, Chandu Champion, and acted within the Telugu movies, Mr Bachchan and Kingdom.
Kaantha is produced by Dulquer Salmaan, Rana Daggubati, Prashanth Potluri and Jom Varghese beneath the banners Wayfarer Films and Spirit Media. Jhanu Chanthar is the music director whereas Dani Sanchez Lopez is the cinematographer. Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalvez is the editor and Ramalingam is the artwork director.
The movie has been dubbed in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Dharma Productions is releasing the movie in North India.
Published – November 08, 2025 12:40 pm IST
