

Kaantha
2025-11-13 · 150 min · ★ 6.6
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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- Directors
- Selvamani Selvaraj
- Production companies
- Spirit Media, Wayfarer Films
- Countries
- India
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Dulquer SalmaanT. K. Mahadevan
Bhagyashri BorseKumari
SamuthirakaniA. P. Kodandaraman
Ravindra VijayMartin Prabhakaran
Rana DaggubatiPhoenix
Gayathrie ShankarDevi
Nizhalgal RaviSivabalan Mudhaliyar
VaiyapuriSelvam
Java SundaresanStage Presenter
Bijesh NageshBabu
Aadukalam NarenIG
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