Kabzaa (2023) [Hindi-Kannada]

Kabzaa (transl. Possession/Occupy) is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language period action film written and directed by R. Chandru. The film features an ensemble cast of Upendra, Shiva Rajkumar, Kiccha Sudeepa, Shriya Saran, Sudha, Murali Sharma, Nawab Shah, Suneel Puranik, John Kokken, Dev Gill, Kabir Duhan Singh, Danish Akhtar Saifi, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Posani Krishna Murali.

During the British rule in India, Arakeshwara, an air force soldier and son of a freedom fighter Amareshwara,due to unavoidable circumstances, kills Khaleed, the don of Amarapura and thus gets trapped in the mafia world and later becomes the king of the underworld. However, trouble ensues for Arakeshwara as he has to deal with his rivals and Bhargav Bhakshi, a cop sent by the British to eradicate him and the underworld.

Kabzaa was released on 17 March 2023 alongside Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages in 4000 screens.[16][17] Lyca Productions acquired the theatrical rights for Tamil Nadu.[18][19] The Hindi distrbution rights of the film was acquired by Anand Pandit.[20] Telugu rights were bagged by Sudhakar Reddy Ruchira Entertainments and N Cinemas banner.[21] Chandru himself will distribute the Kannada version. Kabzaa was released on 17 March 2023 alongside Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages in 4000 screens.[16][17] Lyca Productions acquired the theatrical rights for Tamil Nadu.[18][19] The Hindi distrbution rights of the film was acquired by Anand Pandit.[20] Telugu rights were bagged by Sudhakar Reddy Ruchira Entertainments and N Cinemas banner.[21] Chandru himself will distribute the Kannada version. The film’s shoot was stopped due to COVID-19 pandemic and it was resumed in March 2021.[7] Meanwhile Asha Bhat was joined the cast in 2022.[8][9] Meantime actor Nawab Shah joined the shoot on October 2021[10] and later Sudeep joined the sets on December 2021.[11] The film marks the debut of Murali Sharma in Kannada.[12] The team later announced that Shiva Rajkumar has done a cameo appearance in the film.