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Kaantha teaser: Dulquer Salmaan goes back in time once again, explores golden age of cinema

Updated on: 28 July,2025 06:12 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Kaantha teaser: Ayya (Samuthirakani) is the writer and director of the film and Dulquer Salmaan is the hero of the film. It is evident that both the director and the hero of the film are now at loggerheads with one another

Kaantha teaser: Dulquer Salmaan goes back in time once again, explores golden age of cinema

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On the occasion of Dulquer Salmaan's birthday, the makers of the Tamil period drama Kaantha shared the teaser of the film. Directed by Selvamani Selvaraj, the film sees Dulquer embrace a period drama once again after the success of films like Mahanati and Sita Ramam.

Kaantha teaser


Spirit Media, one of the production houses producing the film, took to X to release the Tamil and Telugu versions of the teaser. It wrote, "Celebrate the golden age of silver screens with us. Watch the first teaser of @kaanthamovie, out now on YouTube. A @SpiritMediaIN and @DQsWayfarerFilm production. #Kaantha #DulquerSalmaan #RanaDaggubati #SpiritMedia #DQsWayfarerfilms #SelvamaniSelvaraj #Kaanthafilm #HBDDulquerSalmaan."



The teaser begins with an announcer stating that Saantha, the film being made by Modern Studios, will be Tamil cinema's first horror film. The teaser then shows the film getting made. Ayya (Samuthirakani) is the writer and director of the film and Dulquer Salmaan is the hero of the film. It is evident that both the director and the hero of the film are now at loggerheads with one another and are no longer on talking terms. While Ayya wants a scene in which a character called Chandran gets scared after seeing a spirit called Neeli to be shot first, Dulquer wants some other pleasant scene to be shot first.

The hero and the director are bitter enemies only now but there was a time when both of them loved and respected each other before turning foes. The teaser shows that Ayya is the one who trained and made Dulquer the hero he is today. However, all that is a thing of the past. While Ayya seeks to make the heroine the central character of the film, Dulquer continues to make changes. In the end, the teaser shows Dulquer changing the title of the film from Saantha to Kaantha.

The film will be released on September 12 this year. 

More about Kaantha

Kaantha will transport the viewers to 1950s Madras. It captures a moment in time when tradition and modernity collided, giving rise to stories both personal and profound. Sources close to the unit say that the film, which has been anchored by powerful performances, is a richly textured story and has stunning visuals.

The much-anticipated period film, stars Dulquer Salmaan and Bhagyashri Borse in the lead. The film, which is being jointly produced by Spirit Media and Dulquer Salmaan's Wayfarer Films, has cinematography by ace cameraman Dani Sanchez Lopaz and music by Jhanu Chanthar. Art direction for the film is by Tha. Ramalingam and editing is by Llewellyn Anthony Gonsalves.

(with inputs from IANS)

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