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Kantara (Kānthāra; transl. "Mystical Forest") is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Rishab Shetty, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur, under Hombale Films. The film stars Shetty as a Kambala champion, who comes to loggerheads with an upright DRFO officer, Murali (Kishore). Achyuth Kumar and Sapthami Gowda feature in supporting roles.



Set and filmed in Keraadi in coastal Karnataka, principal photography began in August 2021.[5] The cinematography was handled by Arvind S. Kashyap, with B. Ajaneesh Loknath scoring music for the film and the action sequences were choreographed by the two time National Award winning action director Vikram More. The production design was handled by debutant, Dharani Gange Putra.

Kantara was released on 30 September 2022 and received critical acclaim from both the critics, who praised the cast performances (particularly Shetty and Kishore), direction, writing, production design, cinematography, proper showcasing of the Bhoota Kola, action sequences, editing, soundtrack, and musical score.[6] The movie emerged as one of the highest-grossing Kannada films.

Plot:-

In 1847, the king agrees with Panjurli Daiva/Bhoota (an Animist form of spirit worshipped by the locals of Udupi/Mangalore region, some parts of western ghats of Karnataka and Kasargod district of Northern Kerala) to trade the forest land to the local tribes people in exchange for peace and happiness by Daiva. Though the Daiva agrees, the tribal people warns the king that the family of the Daiva would follow the diety and any attempt to go back on the word will incur the wrath of the Guliga Daiva. In 1970, the king's successor gets consumed by greed and demands the tribal people to give the land back during the Bhoota Kola festival and warns about going to court, but after a few months dies a mysterious death.

In 1990, Muralidhar is a forest officer, who wants the forest land to be untouched, but is challenged by a Kambala athlete named Kaadubettu Shiva, along with the backing of the his master and the village's landlord Devendra Suttooru, who is the son of the king's successor in present day. Murali and Shiva are at loggerheads with each other and decide to reject the forest by fencing the forest land and makes Shiva's girlfriend and a forest guard named Leela to convince the villagers, but they refuse and insults them, where they manage to fence the forest land and brutally suppress Shiva and the villagers. Meanwhile, Shiva is asked to perform the Bhoota Kola festival, but he refuses as his father disappeared in front of him while performing the rituals.

While roaming around the forest with Devendra to meet the former's girlfriend, Shiva witness the diety that always occur in his dreams and run away in fear, along with Devendra. Due to ego, Murali decide to arrest Shiva and his friends, where he heads to their hideout along with Devendra's henchman Sudhakara. However, Shiva and friends went into hiding, but are later captured and imprisoned. When Shiva's cousin-brother Guruva request Devendra to release Shiva, the latter tells him to make the villagers believe that the Daiva wants them to sell their land to Devendra, but Guruva refuses due to which Devendra kills him. It is revealed that Devendra wanted to seek vengeance against the Daiva and the villagers for killing his father, where he wants the villagers to sell their land to him.

Devendra learns that Murali has decided to take action against him about his illegal ways of acquiring the land where he decide to kill him. Having learnt about Guruva's death, Shiva meets Devendra, who lies about Murali being Guruva's killer. Enraged, Shiva heads to kill Murali, but learns from his friend Maadeva that Devendra himself is Guruva's killer. Shiva gets attacked by Devendra's henchman Dharma, but manages to escape. After learning about Devendra's illegal way of acquiring the land from Murali, Shiva also reveals to the villagers about Devendra's involvement in Guruva's death. Devendra and his henchman attack the village where an intense battle ensues. Shiva gets seriously injured and dies, where Guliga Daiva possesses him and decapitates Devendra and his henchman. Post this, Shiva performs Bhoota Kola, where he again gets possessed by the Daiva and disappears into the forest forever. The film ends with Shiva and Leela's son asking Sundara about his father's disappearance.

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