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'We treated Kantara: Chapter 1 as a new film"
The New Indian Express
|October 01, 2025
Rukmini Vasanth reflects on her craft, folklore- rooted cinema, Rishab Shetty, and becoming Kantara's queen
RUKMINI Vasanth's career has been a steady journey.
From her debut in Birbal Trilogy (2019) to Baanadariyalli (2023) and Bagheera (2024), or Bhairathi Ranagal (2024), she carved a distinct space for herself in Kannada cinema. With Sapta Sagaradaache Ello A and B (2023), she was able to push her horizons beyond Karnataka. This success took her to Tamil cinema, where she starred alongside Vijay Sethupathi (Ace), and Sivakarthikeyan (Madharaasi). She also has pan-Indian projects like Prashanth Neel-Jr NTR's Dragon and Yash-Geethu Mohandas' Toxic in the works. And in a few hours, Rukmini will face the biggest release of her career with Rishab Shetty's much-awaited Kantara: Chapter 1, which is set to hit the screens today.
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Rukmini, you are stepping into a world so deeply rooted in folklore, devotion, and the land itself...
It was so clear from the audience's response that
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