Kantara

"A Legend"

2022 2h 27m KN

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7.2

SOLID

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83%

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8.1

IMDB

★7.2TMDB · 159🍅83%Rotten Tomatoes★8.1IMDB · 115,613

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Synopsis

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Shiva, a tribal vagabond lives with his mother in hamlet, stays away from the traditional Daivaradhane and Bhoota Kola legacy due to an unforgettable childhood incident. He is happy loafing around with his friends and doing petty jobs for his landlord. When Forest officer Murali enters the scene, it gives a fresh dimension to the man-vs-nature fight. Can Shiva save the forest from Murali? Or is Murali just a dummy bait cast by bigger fish?

“A Legend”

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Cast

Rishab Shetty
Kaadubettu Shiva / Shiva's Father
Sapthami Gowda
Leela
Kishore
Murali
Achyuth Kumar
Devendra Suttooru
Pramod Shetty
Sudhakar
Prakash Thuminad
Raampa
Manasi Sudhir
Shiva's Mother
Naveen D. Padil
Lawyer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rishab Shetty
Writers: Rishab Shetty, Anirudh Mahesh, Raj B Shetty
Languages: Kannada, Malayalam
Countries: India

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $60M — a 30.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Kannada, Malayalam.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Kantara Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rishab Shetty, shot by Arvind Kashyap. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Prateek Shetty shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rishab Shetty directs. Arvind Kashyap behind the camera. B. Ajaneesh Loknath scores. Prateek Shetty cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Kannada, Malayalam.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $60M — a 30.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 4 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Kannada, Malayalam.
5Part of the "Kantara Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Rishab Shetty, shot by Arvind Kashyap. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by B. Ajaneesh Loknath. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Prateek Shetty shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Rishab Shetty and Sapthami Gowda and Kishore carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "A Legend".
11IMDB entry: tt15327088 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.