Kabzaa Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Genre | Action Period Thriller |
| Release date | 17 March 2023 |
| Running time | 2hr 6min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Upendra Kiccha Sudeepa Shiva Rajkumar Shriya Saran Dev Gill Sudha Kabir Duhan Singh Kota Srinivasa Rao Suneel Puranik Nawab Shah Murali Sharma |
| Directed by | R. Chandru |
| Written by | R. Chandru |
| Produced by | Anand Pandit R. Chandru Alankar Pandian |
| Cinematography by | A. J. Shetty |
| Edited by | Mahesh S. Reddy |
| Music by | Ravi Basrur |
| Production Company | Anand Pandit Motion Pictures Sri Siddheshwara Enterprises Invenio Origin |
| Distributor | Sri Siddheshwara Enterprises (Kannada) Anand Pandit Motion Pictures (Hindi) Lyca Productions (Tamil) Ruchira Entertainments N Cinemas (Telugu) E4 Entertainment (Malayalam) |
Kabzaa Movie Cast & Characters:
- Upendra as Arkeshwara, a former Air Force pilot-turned-gangster
- Kiccha Sudeepa as Bhargava Bakshi, a ruthless cop
- Shriya Saran as Madhumati Bahaddur, Arkeshwara’s wife and Veer Bahadur’s daughter
- Murali Sharma as CM Veer Bahadur, Madhumati’s father and king of the Bahaddur dynasty during the British Raj.
- Nawab Shah as Bagheera, a coastal gangster who wears Viking attire.
- Suneel Puranik as Sankeshwara, Arkeshwara’s brother and a courageous revolutionary opposed to Khaleed.
- John Kokken as Malik, a North Indian gangster
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Posani Krishna Murali
- Sudha as Tulasi Devi, Arkeshwara and Sankeshwara’s mother
- Dev Gill as DSP Vikram, a cop hired to by Bahaddur to kill Arkeshwara.
- M. Kamaraj as Khaleed, a bloodthirsty gangster stationed in Amarapuram
- Danish Akhtar Saifi as Bali, a superhuman hitman who works for Khaleed and is responsible for mass murder.
- Lakki Lakshman as CM Ghanshyam Pandey, a political opposer to Bahaddur.
- Pramod Shetty as a corrupt cop
- Taaha Shah as Saartaj, Khaleed’s son
- Avinash as a jailer
- Anoop Revanna as Fayaaz, also known as Target, a vigilante don who opposes Khaleed and sides with Arkeshwara.
- B Suresh as Varadharaj Mudaliar
- Chiru as Young Arkeshwara
- Jnan as Young Sankeshwara
- Tanya Hope as a bar dancer in the song, “Chum Chum Chali Chali”
- Shiva Rajkumar in a cameo appearance
Storyline:
Kabzaa movie is inspired by few incidents that occurred between 1945 to 1986. It is the saga of Amareshwara and his family which gets destroyed by the British atrocity and later gets into trouble, due to the rise of mafia.
Kabzaa Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹120 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹34.5 crore |
About Kabzaa Movie:
Kabzaa received negative reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb. Despite the box office failure, a sequel is announced to be in development.
Lyca Productions acquired the theatrical rights for Tamil Nadu. The Hindi distribution rights of the film was acquired by Anand Pandit. Telugu rights were bagged by Sudhakar Reddy Ruchira Entertainments and N Cinemas banner. R. Chandru himself distributed the Kannada version. Malayalam rights were bagged by LGF Studios and distributed through E4 Entertainments in Kerala.
The satellite rights of the film were secured by Colors Kannada, while the digital rights were secured by Amazon Prime Video for ₹140 crore (US$18 million).
The film marks the debut of Murali Sharma in Kannada.
The motion poster of the film was released on the birthday of Upendra on 18 September 2021. The film’s teaser was released in September 2022.
The first single titled “Kabzaa Title Track” was released on 4 February 2023. The second single titled “Namaami Namaami” was released on 16 February 2023. The third single titled “Chum Chum Chali Chali” was released on 26 February 2023.
Kabzaa was theatrically released on 17 March 2023 in Kannada alongside Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam languages on 4,000 screens in India. The film received negative reviews from critics and became a box-office bomb. Despite the box office failure, a sequel is announced to be in development. The film premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 14 April 2023 in Kannada and dubbed versions of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam languages.
The film was reported to have collected ₹11.10 crore on its opening day domestically though the makers claimed the first day worldwide gross collections to be ₹25 crores. The first-weekend gross was reported to be ₹20.60 crores. The 5-day collection was reported to be ₹27.19 crores. At the end of 8 days, the collections were reported to be ₹30 – ₹31 crore. The film grossed ₹34.5 crore in 11 days against a budget of ₹120 crore and became a box office bomb.
