KD – The Devil (2026)
Original title: ಕೆಡಿ - ದಿ ಡೆವಿಲ್
KD, The Devil is a 2026 history movie directed by Prem, with a running time of 2h 21m. It stars Dhruva Sarja, Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Sanjay Dutt.
Bengaluru, the early 1970s. Kaali is a small-time crook getting by on nerve and quick hands, until one job pulls him into the orbit of the city's underworld bosses and the ground shifts under him. Directed by Prem, this Kannada action thriller stacks the frame with heavyweights: Dhruva Sarja in the title role, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Shilpa Shetty, V. Ravichandran and Ramesh Aravind. Arjun Janya scores it and William David shoots it, and the whole thing leans into period gangland swagger, a rising outlaw, and a decade when the wrong favor could remake a man's life.
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What is KD – The Devil about?
Bengaluru, the early 1970s. Kaali is a small-time crook getting by on nerve and quick hands, until one job pulls him into the orbit of the city's underworld bosses and the ground shifts under him. Directed by Prem, this Kannada action thriller stacks the frame with heavyweights: Dhruva Sarja in the title role, alongside Sanjay Dutt, Shilpa Shetty, V. Ravichandran and Ramesh Aravind. Arjun Janya scores it and William David shoots it, and the whole thing leans into period gangland swagger, a rising outlaw, and a decade when the wrong favor could remake a man's life.
When was KD – The Devil released?
KD – The Devil was released on 30 April 2026.
How long is KD – The Devil?
KD – The Devil runs 2h 21m.
Who made KD – The Devil?
KD – The Devil was directed by Prem.
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Period underworld sagas run in the same blood. Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather set the template for a nobody climbing a criminal ladder rung by bloody rung. On television, Sacred Games maps Bombay's gangland across decades of grudges and power. The video game Mafia opens in a 1930s crime world where one wrong ride reroutes an entire life.
Small-time crooks who climb into the underworld and pay for it
KD - The Devil watches Kaali claw up from petty theft into the Bengaluru underworld of the early 1970s. These picks follow the same climb, where a nobody with quick hands and nerve talks his way into the rackets. From KGF's goldfield empire to a Marseille crew's long rise and a Chennai boxing ring's rivalries, ambition curdles into something harder.
True stories of real gangsters and crime bosses on screen
KD - The Devil dresses its outlaw in period gangland swagger, and these are the real crime figures who lived that life. Pablo Escobar, John Gotti, Al Capone and the self-styled Latin Godfather each built and lost an empire the way Kaali chases his, with Molly Bloom's high-stakes poker room showing the same cool nerve at a different table.
Gritty crime dramas rooted in one time and place
The 1970s Bengaluru of KD - The Devil is a character in itself, all smoke, side deals and favors owed. These crime stories are anchored just as hard to a specific setting: 1970s Hamburg stalked by a killer, Hell's Kitchen run by mob widows, a London terrace steeped in violence, and a prison that swallows men whole.