

Kaala
Overview
Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha.
Top Cast

Rajinikanth
Karikaalan Vengaiyan 'Kaala'

Nana Patekar
Haridev Abhayankar 'Hari Dhadha'

Samuthirakani
Vaaliyappan

Easwari Rao
Selvi Karikaalan

Huma Qureshi
Zareena

Manikandan
Lenin

Anjali Patil
Charumathi 'Puyal'

Aruldoss
MLA

Dhileban
Selvam

Sayaji Shinde
Minister
Themes & Keywords
About Kaala
Kaala is a action, crime, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of period drama. Directed by Pa. Ranjith, it stars Rajinikanth, Nana Patekar, Samuthirakani. Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha.
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