India, Nov. 13 -- TK Mahadevan (Dulquer Salmaan) is the talented protege of director Gothanda Raman aka Ayya (Samuthirakani), but soon outgrows the latter into being a star actor. But when they reunite for Tamil cinema's first ever ghost film Shaantha, featuring debutant actress Kumari (Bhagyashri Borse), the ego drives Mahadevan and Ayya to lock horns, only to be boosted by an unexpected crime that takes place while making of the film.

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Kaantha, which happens at some point around the 1950s in Madras Presidency, is a film about a film, and of course about th...