Kaantha is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language periodaction thriller film directed by Selvamani Selvaraj, starring Dulquer Salmaan, Samuthirakani and Bhagyashri Borse in the lead roles. The film is jointly produced by Rana Daggubati and Dulquer Salmaan under their Spirit Media and Wayfarer Films banners respectively.
Kaantha is scheduled to release in theatres on 12 September 2025.
Premise
Set in the 1950s, in Madras, the film revolves around the legendary director Ayya and his strained friendship with Chandran, a movie star he helped establish. When Chandran renames a female-focused film production that was previously called "Shaantha" to suit his own image, "Kaantha," the story takes a different direction.[1]
In late-July 2023, Dulquer Salmaan was announced to join hands with Nila (2016) fame Selvamani Selvaraj in a period film set in the 1950s in Madras.[2] The film was announced to jointly be produced by Rana Daggubati and Dulquer Salmaan under their Spirit Media and Wayfarer Films banners respectively.[3] Apart from Salmaan, the film stars Samuthirakani[4] and Bhagyashri Borse in other prominent roles,[5] while also marking the latter's Tamil debut.[6] The technial team consists of Spanish cinematographer Dani Sanchez-Lopez who earlier worked in Mahanati (2018), editor Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalvez, and music composer Jhanu Chanthar.[7]
The film announcement was made by Rana Daggubati by sharing a first-look poster coinciding with Dulquer Salmaan's birth anniversary in 2023.[10] Coinciding Salmaan's 13-years in the film industry, a character-reveal first-look poster was released.[11] On Valentines Day of 2025, the lead actress, Bhagyashri Borse's poster was released.[12] On 26 April 2025, coinciding Samuthirakani's birthday, a similar character-reveal poster of him, playing the role as Ayya was released.[13] Coinciding Salmaan's birth anniversary in 2025, the teaser was released to garner positive reviews.[14] Through the teaser, Salmaan was revealed to play the role of an actor Chandran in the film.[15]
"Panimalare / Pasi Manase" Released: 9 August 2025
The film has music composed by Jhanu Chanthar in his continued collaboration with Selvamani Selvaraj.[16] The first single titled "Panimalare" in Tamil[17] and "Pasi Manase" in Telugu was released on 9 August 2025.[18]
Kaantha is scheduled to release in theatres on 12 September 2025 in Tamil, along with the dubbed versions of Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi languages.[19]
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