What’s cooking in 2025? Dhanush’s Kuberaa is already sparking late-night chats among fans who prefer their cinema raw and gritty. Set for a June 20 worldwide bow, the film promises to unfurl in five languages- Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam—so no screen in India really gets to sit this one out.
Rubbing shoulders with Dhanush are Nagarjuna Akkineni, Rashmika Mandanna, Jim Sarbh, Dalip Tahil, and Sayaji Shinde, a lineup that looks like it was pulled straight from a director’s wish list. Sekhar Kammula, the National Award-winning helmer, oversees the lot, his reputation for rooting stories in social reality intact. Niketh Bommireddy handles the camera while Karthika Srinivas cuts the final shape; Thota Tharani is in charge of making each frame pretty, and Devi Sri Prasad, always busy, already beat everyone to the first single, Poyivaa Nanba, back in April.
The plot unfolds inside the rumbling lanes of Dharavi’s sprawling slums
A skyline of tin roofs and unguarded dreams. Dhanush plays Deva, a beggar whose bowl hides more wisdom than most boardroom tables, and his fate braids with that of a cutthroat businessman and a power-wielding bureaucrat, both of whom keep eyeballing the city’s heartbeat like vultures. Greed, ambition, and the rare punch of an intact conscience are the film’s currency, and early whispers claim the script doesn’t spare any of the players, least of all the audience.
Big dreams and bigger risks pull Dhanush’s Deva from the street to the boardroom and force him to question every rule he once accepted. Rashmika Mandanna lights that path with a performance that steers him forward, while veteran actors Jim Sarbh and Dalip Tahil fill the edges with moral grey. Together, they sketch a world where single decisions leave ripples that sting the chooser every bit as much as the public.
Kuberaa, by most accounts, costs more than anything Dhanush has spent a staggering 90 to 120 crore.
Filming bounced between Hyderabad’s glass towers and Mumbai’s back alleys, one grinding day even unfolded beside an open dump because the grit of that setting matched Deva’s own grit. Sekhar Kammula refused to shy away; the star worked mask-less through dust and heat so viewers felt the sweat instead of a glossy filter.
June 20, 2025, locks in the big-screen premiere. Exactly four weeks later the film slides over to Amazon Prime Video, a window that speaks to how quickly theaters and OTT platforms now trade their headlines.
Kuberaa is hitting screens from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
Losing no time sliding into Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and more. A cast this thick with talent pretty much dares spectators to stay home.
The teaser, unveiled one November afternoon in 2024, snakes through gunfights, rooftop chases, and rain-slashed alleyways before delivering the blunt shock of Dhanush’s hidden name. Social media lit up the same minute the clip went dark.
Expect to see Dhanush dial up obsession once again while Nagarjuna leans on that voice that sounds like iron wrapped in velvet. Rashmika, swinging between warmth and steel, holds a key few instinctively noticed until now. The city slum whirls at the film’s core, a space Sekhar Kammula knows how to frame without flinching. His lens refuses the safety net, so problems either leap off the screen or drag you sideways into the street.
Crime circles ambition like a shark checking its next meal, so twists slide in when the music chills. Emotions don’t play second fiddle, even if suspense tries to hog the foreground. Money, time, and obsession with detail usually craft the polish we call high production value. Add an editor who cuts the air and a composer who can hum regret, and the promise of gorgeous grief almost fulfills itself on the call sheet alone.
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Put this all together and Kuberaa stops being another Friday release; it becomes the sort of date fans mark on their calendars with a red pen. The film doesn’t just invite viewers; it dares them to rethink what entertains and what nests into the bones. 2025 could use a baptism like that.
Writer : Pranjal Bapna