Set 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.
Dulquer Salmaan
T. K. Mahadevan
Bhagyashri Borse
Kumari
Samuthirakani
A. P. Kodandaraman
Ravindra Vijay
Martin Prabhakaran
Rana Daggubati
Phoenix
Gayathrie Shankar
Devi
Nizhalgal Ravi
Sivabalan Mudhaliyar
Vaiyapuri
Selvam
Java Sundaresan
Stage Presenter
Bijesh Nagesh
Babu
Kaantha is a history, crime, drama film released in 2025 exploring themes of fictionalized history. Directed by Selvamani Selvaraj, it stars Dulquer Salmaan, Bhagyashri Borse, Samuthirakani. Set 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.
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