Set in the 1950s, in Madras, the film revolves around the legendary director in Tamil, Ayya, and his strained relationship with T. K. Mahadevan, a film star he helped establish and popularize. When Mahadevan renames a female-focused film production that was previously called "Shaantha" to suit his own image to "Kaantha", the story takes a different direction.[2]
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.[4] The film was announced to jointly be produced by Rana Daggubati and Dulquer Salmaan under their Spirit Media and Wayfarer Films banners respectively.[5] Apart from Salmaan, the film stars Samuthirakani[6] and Bhagyashri Borse in other prominent roles,[7] while also marking the latter's Tamil debut.[8] The technial team consists of Spanish cinematographer Dani Sanchez-Lopez who earlier worked in Mahanati (2018), editor Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalvez and the background score is composed by Jakes Bejoy while the songs have been composed by Jhanu Chanthar.[9]
The film announcement was made by Rana Daggubati by sharing a first-look poster coinciding with Dulquer Salmaan's birth anniversary in 2023.[12] Coinciding Salmaan's 13-years in the film industry, a character-reveal first-look poster was released.[13] On Valentines Day of 2025, the lead actress, Bhagyashri Borse's poster was released.[14] On 26 April 2025, coinciding Samuthirakani's birthday, a similar character-reveal poster of him, playing the role as Ayya was released.[15] Coinciding Salmaan's birth anniversary in 2025, the teaser was released to garner positive reviews.[16] Through the teaser, Salmaan was revealed to play the role of an actor Chandran in the film.[17] The trailer was released on 6 November 2025.[18]
The background score is composed by Jakes Bejoy while the songs have been composed by Jhanu Chanthar in his continued collaboration with Selvamani Selvaraj.[19] The first single titled "Panimalare" in Tamil[20] and "Pasi Manase" in Telugu was released on 9 August 2025.[21] The second single titled "Kanmani Nee" in Tamil[22] and "Ammadive" in Telugu was released on 22 October 2025.[23] The third trilingual single titled "Rage Of Kaantha" jointly written and performed in English, Tamil and Telugu was released on 30 October 2025.[24]
Kaantha is scheduled to release in theatres on 14 November 2025 in Tamil,[25] along with the dubbed versions of Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi languages, clashing with Hindi film De De Pyaar De 2.[26] The release was initially slated on 12 September 2025, but got postponed without announcing a release date.[27] In a joint statement, Dulquer and Rana Daggubati disclosed that the release of Kaantha has been postponed in order to allow Lokah (2025) to continue its successful run.[28]
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