Kiss(2025)
Tamil143 mins
A musician is gifted with the supernatural ability to see a couple's destiny whenever they kiss. But when he sees the grim fate of the woman he loves, he must use his powers to defy destiny itself.
Director:Sathish Krishnan
Mood:
emotionalupliftingfunny
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- ZEE5, Airtel Xstream Play
- Theatrical Release
- 19 September 2025
- Director
- Sathish Krishnan
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Rating
- 8.0/10
Storyline
A musician gets a strange gift—he can see a couple's future whenever they kiss. When he sees a terrible fate for the woman he loves, he tries to use his power to change their destiny.
“See love's fate in a kiss. Can he change it?”
Film Details
8.0Rating
143Minutes
TamilLanguage
U/A 13+Certificate
Release Date19 September 2025
Also Known AsKavin 05
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionalupliftingfunny
Themes
loveidentitysurvival
Tonewhimsical
Pacingnon-linear
Complexitymoderate
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withwith-partner
Violence1
Emotion4
Humor3
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
Vijay SethupathiNarrator
→#2
K
Kalyan KumarWilliams
→#3
#4S
Sakthi RajJason Marcus
→KausalyaLilly
→#5M
Mathew VargheseJudge
→#6
#7K
Kavin RajNelson
→Preethi AsraniSarah
→#8Rao RameshDr. Marcus
→#9DevayaniDaisy
→#10PrabhuThe ancient book decipherer
→#11Sathish KrishnanDirector
→#12
R
RaahulCrew
→Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Kiss
Cast reunions in this film: VTV Ganesh & Prabhu (2 films together), VTV Ganesh & Rao Ramesh (2 films together), Prabhu & Devayani (2 films together), and Prabhu & Kausalya (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film's concept was partly inspired by a short story the director read about a fortune teller who could see futures through touch.
- The lead actor, who plays the musician, learned to play the harmonica for a key scene, though his parts were later dubbed by a professional.
- A major song sequence was shot at the historic Madras Christian College, a location rarely used in Tamil films.
- The visual effects team used subtle color grading to distinguish between the 'present' and 'destiny vision' scenes.
- The film's title was almost changed to avoid confusion with an older Malayalam film of the same name.
- A minor subplot involving a side character's kiss was cut from the final edit to tighten the runtime.
- The director stated in an interview that the film is a loose metaphor for modern dating anxieties.