{"id":589390,"date":"2026-02-14T12:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/589390\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:18:12","slug":"director-lokesh-kanagaraj-makes-intense-acting-debut-in-arun-matheswarans-dc-see-sneak-peek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/589390\/","title":{"rendered":"Director Lokesh Kanagaraj makes intense acting debut in Arun Matheswaran\u2019s ‘DC’: See SNEAK PEEK |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DirectorDirector Lokesh Kanagaraj makes his acting debut in the upcoming Tamil film ‘DC’, a love-action thriller. A Valentine’s Day sneak peek revealed a complex love triangle, inspired by the Devadas-Parvathy-Chandramukhi tale, featuring Lokesh as Devadas. The film, directed by Arun Matheswaran and scored by Anirudh Ravichander, promises intense action and dark romance, slated for a summer 2026 release. Director-turned-actor Lokesh Kanagaraj<\/a> is all set to make his acting debut in the upcoming Tamil film ‘DC’. The filmmakers released a sneak peek of the upcoming film on Valentine\u2019s Day to give everyone the first look at the thrilling, love-action, multifaceted plot. The silent teaser, paired with steamy cha-cha preview music from Anirudh Ravichander<\/a>, alludes to a love triangle filled with complexity and action fights that draws fans in with a thrilling and exciting horror-romance story. ‘DC’ is scheduled for a summer 2026 release, though an exact date has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

‘DC’ Valentine\u2019s Day glimpse <\/p>\n

The glimpse introduces the central characters, modeled after the classic Devadas\u2013Parvathy\u2013Chandramukhi tale. Lokesh Kanagaraj plays Devadas, Wamiqa Gabbi<\/a> is Chandra, and Sanjana Krishnamoorthy portrays Parvathy. Based on a brief video, the clash between crypto, cigarettes, carnage, and cacophony offers the chilling atmosphere of a \u2018bloody valentine.\u2019 Relationships are blurred, but the video trailer revealed a dark and clandestine portrayal of romance with exaggerations. Twitterati called it \u2018so fantastic,\u2019 and it reveals the shift of focus from the director to the acting. <\/p>\n

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Promising talent and technical strength<\/p>\n

\u2018DC\u2019 is directed by Arun Matheswaran, who is popular for movies such as ‘Rocky’, ‘Saani Kaayidham’, and ‘Captain Miller’. The film features Lokesh Kanagaraj, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Sanjana Krishnamoorthy in lead roles with Anirudh Ravichander as the music director. Mukesh has helmed the cinematography, and GK Prasanna has handled the editing. While Arun Matheswaran and Franklin Jacob jointly wrote the dialogues, Arun Matheswaran and Arun Ranjan wrote the script, which fuses dark romance with action and intensity. The audience has already praised the cinematography and Anirudh\u2019s background score, stating it as \u201cpure cinema vibes.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Fans reactions and anticipation<\/p>\n

The Valentine\u2019s Day glimpse has created a buzz online, with fans praising Lokesh Kanagaraj\u2019s acting debut and the chemistry between him and Wamiqa Gabbi. Social media reactions ranged from \u201cTerrific score by Anirudh\u201d to \u201cThis is going to be HUGE,\u201d with many calling it an action-packed romantic drama unlike anything seen in recent times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director Lokesh Kanagaraj makes his acting debut in the upcoming Tamil film ‘DC’, a love-action thriller. A Valentine’s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":589391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[254963,254960,254959,32720,254958,171,230788,53,254962,67,132,68,223110,254961,54881],"class_list":["post-589390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-acting-debut","tag-anirudh-ravichander","tag-arun-matheswaran","tag-dc","tag-dc-film","tag-entertainment","tag-lokesh-kanagaraj","tag-movies","tag-sanjana-krishnamoorthy","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-valentines-day","tag-valentines-day-teaser","tag-wamiqa-gabbi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116068948767185785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}