2025 marks Dulquer Salmaan's 13th year in the film business, and to mark the occasion, the actor shared a first look of his character in the upcoming period epic Kaantha. The black-and-white photograph of his character is fitting given that the film is set in 1950s Madras, once again proving that the actor is a natural fit for period epics.
Sharing the picture on his official 'X' handle, Dulquer wrote: "I got to play a timeless role in a timeless story. I couldn’t ask for a bigger gift to celebrate my 13 years in the industry. Grateful to the entire team of #Kaantha and to the wonderful audiences who have given me all the love and encouragement any actor would dream of!"
I got to play a timeless role in a timeless story ⏳✨
— Dulquer Salmaan (@dulQuer) February 3, 2025
I couldn’t ask for a bigger gift to celebrate my 13 years in the industry. Grateful to the entire team of #Kaantha and to the wonderful audiences who have given me all the love and encouragement any actor would dream of !… pic.twitter.com/gy59OdMpb8
Dulquer Salmaan is joined in the cast by actors Rana Daggubati, Bhagyashri Borse, and Samuthirakani, among others.
Written and directed by Selvamani Selvaraj, the film has cinematography by Dani Sanchez Lopez, who also shot Dulquer's 'Mahanati' and Daggubati's 'Virata Parvam'.
It is bankrolled by Rana Daggubati's Spirit Media and Dulquer Salmaan's Wayfarer Films in association with Prashanth Potluri and Jom Varghese.
Tha. Ramalingam, the art director of Sarpatta Parambarai, Karnan and Captain Miller, is part of the technical team. Jhanu Chanthar is the composer and Lewellyn Anthony Gonsalves is in charge of the editing.
Dulquer is coming off the massive pan-Indian success of his Telugu outing Lucky Baskhar, directed by Venky Atluri. Meenakshi Chaudhary, Tinnu Anand, P. Sai Kumar, Ramki, Raghu Babu, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee, Sachin Khedekar and Y. Kasi Viswanath.