Forward of Kaantha Launch Dulquer Salmaan and Rana Daggubati Deny Biopic Claims

Kaantha has been producing buzz as a interval movie centered on a yesteryear famous person, with hypothesis mounting that it’s a biopic of MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Tamil cinema’s first famous person. Nevertheless, in a current interview with Galatta Plus, Dulquer Salmaan and Rana Daggubati firmly refuted the biopic principle. Dulquer, who has delivered a string of profitable interval dramas like Sita Ramam and Fortunate Baskhar, will painting TK Mahadevan within the movie, whereas Rana performs a police inspector.

Each actors emphasised that Kaantha is absolutely fictional, noting that any similarities to real-life tales are merely incidental. They clarified that the narrative attracts unfastened concepts from varied tales however doesn’t chronicle the lifetime of any particular star, distancing the challenge from the sooner biopic Mahanati. Dulquer explicitly denied it being a biopic of MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, and Rana added that the movie would possibly give a sense of yesteryear stars’ lives however stays an authentic story.

Written by Tamizh Prabha and director Selvamani Selvaraj, Kaantha unfolds in Nineteen Fifties Madras and follows TK Mahadevan’s rise to stardom and his advanced relationship with a famed filmmaker. The forged contains Samuthirakani as director Ayya and Bhagyashri Borse as the feminine lead Kumari. The movie is slated for a multilingual theatrical launch on November 14, 2025, throughout Telugu, Hindi, and different languages.

The clarification comes after a authorized case filed by MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar’s grandson searching for a ban, alleging the movie portrays MK in a destructive gentle. Regardless of the controversy, the makers preserve that the story is fictional and never a biographical depiction of any actual particular person.