Kabzaa (2023 film)

Kabzaa
Kabzaa
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	R. Chandru
Written by	R. Chandru
Produced by	R. Chandru; Anand Pandit; Alankar Pandian;
Starring	Upendra; Kiccha Sudeepa; Shiva Rajkumar; Shriya Saran; Dev Gill; Sudha; Kabir Duhan Singh; Kota Srinivasa Rao; Suneel Puranik; Nawab Shah; Murali Sharma;
Cinematography	Arjun Shetty
Edited by	Mahesh S. Reddy
Music by	Ravi Basrur
Production; companies	Anand Pandit Motion Pictures; Sri Siddheshwara Enterprises; Invenio Origin
Distributed by	Sri Siddheshwara Enterprises (Kannada); Anand Pandit Motion Pictures (Hindi); Lyca Productions (Tamil); Ruchira Entertainments; N Cinemas (Telugu); E4 Entertainment (Malayalam)
Release date	17 March 2023;
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada
Budget	₹100 crore
Box office	₹175 crore

Kabzaa (transl. Possession/Conquest) is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language period action gangster 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. In the film, Arkeshwara, an air force officer, enters the underworld due to unavoidable circumststances and revolves around his life between 1942.

Kabzaa was released on 17 March 2023 in Kannada, along with the dubbed versions of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam coinciding with the 48th birth anniversary of Puneeth Rajkumar. The film received positive reviews from critics and emerged as a box-office success, grossing ₹175 crore against a budget of ₹100 crore. Despite the positive reception, a sequel titled Kabzaa 2 has been announced and is currently under development.