Gulshan Devaiah made his Kannada film debut in 2025 with the much-anticipated Kantara: Chapter 1. Following the scale and success of the film, the actor is now carefully considering his next steps in the Kannada film industry. However, he had earlier turned down the big-budget Kannada entertainer Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups, starring Yash.

Gulshan Devaiah on turning down Toxic

In an interview with Screen Spotlight, Gulshan Devaiah revealed that he was offered Toxic a long time ago but chose to make his Kannada debut with Kantara instead. “They did offer me Toxic a long time ago. A lot of these offers used to come earlier as well. It’s just that I started with Kantara. Geethu Mohandas and I had a long chat. She really wanted me in her film, but it didn’t work out for a variety of reasons, mostly scheduling,” he said.