Celebrated Actor's Power Play Reignites Tensions with Mentor in Riveting Film 'Kaantha'

Kaantha, a new film directed by Selvamani Selvaraj, transports viewers into the charged, smoke-filled studios of 1950s Madras, delivering a captivating period drama where creativity and ambition collide. At the heart of the story is the complex relationship between a legendary Tamil filmmaker, Ayya, and the star he once discovered and shaped, T.K. Mahadevan.

Their mentor-protégé dynamic fractures when Mahadevan, now a celebrated actor with an inflated sense of power, attempts to commandeer Ayya's new female-centric film. Mahadevan's unilateral decision to rename the project Shaantha to Kaantha and reshape the narrative to suit his heroic persona sparks a creative and emotional war that exposes deep-rooted insecurities and long-suppressed bitterness.