The Kannada film industry has had a lot to cheer in recent times as 'KGF' 'KGF2' and 'Kantara' became massive pan Indian blockbuster films that also were well received globally. Sandalwood is now gearing up to release the next biggie which is 'Kabzaa' starring superstars Upendra and Kicha Sudeepa in the lead roles.

R. Chandrasekhar who is producing 'Kabzaa' under the banner Sri Siddeshwara Enterprises has announced that the biggie will release worldwide in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi and Oriya on March 17th. The release date is pretty sentimental as it is the birth anniversary of the late superstar Puneet Rajkumar and this is a special tribute to him by the team.

'Kabzaa' that comes out with the tagline 'The Rise of India's first Gangster ' is directed by R. Chandru with Ravi Basrur of 'KGF' fame scoring the music and Deepu S Kumar taking care of the editing.

In a recent interview Chandru has stated regarding the story of 'Kabzaa' "In 1947, an Indian freedom fighter is brutally attacked. His son gets entangled with the mafia due to unavoidable reasons. What happena after that, we have discussed the history of the rise of illegal shadow-world fathers of crime in India after independence. "

'Kabazaa' Upendra, Kicha Sudeep. Shriya Saran, Murali Sharma, Sudha and others and is expectedt to make a huge impact across India. The teaser of the film has already crossed 30 million views since its release a few months back.