Kaantha
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, Bhagyashri Borse and Rana Daggubati. 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.
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"Kaantha" is a 2025 Tamil-language crime thriller film set in a historical period, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Rana Daggubati, and loosely based on the real life of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. The film matters as a significant production from major Indian actors and producers that brings a fictionalized biography of a notable historical figure to the screen.
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6.6Set 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.
Released: 2025-11-13150 minDir: Selvamani SelvarajHistory, Crime, Drama
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Cast
- Dulquer Salmaan as T. K. Mahadevan
- Bhagyashri Borse as Kumari
- Samuthirakani as A. P. Kodandaraman
- Ravindra Vijay as Martin Prabhakaran
- Rana Daggubati as Phoenix
- Gayathrie Shankar as Devi
Themes
- fictionalized history
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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, Bhagyashri Borse and Rana Daggubati. 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.
Kaantha was released in theatres worldwide on 14 November 2025.
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