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I vividly remember watching the original kantara and being in awe of how the mundane life of the villagers came together with the divine aspects and how the main character was haunted by panjurli and guliga

But this time the movie felt like it was just a grand and exaggerated version of the divine aspect of the og film. It diverts too far from the simplicity and relatability of the first film.

I also did not like how the panjurli tradition is appropriated in the mainstream shaivite and vaishnavite tradition straying away from the fact that the bhoota kola is not a mainstream tradition or practice.

While I really appreciate the accuracy of historical detail in terms of the trade and geo politics I wish the civilized/uncivilized divide was dealt with in a better manner. It would have also been nice if the movie would've taken up resource use in urbanisation and settled agriculture as an issue for a while as opposed to the unnecessary and repetitive action and violence.

-Remember, I'll be accompanied by my companion, the ferocious Guliga. Should you err, even if I, Panjurli, forgive you, Guliga won't!

-My lord Panjurli has forgiven you, but I have not!

Kantara Review and Analysis - A Video Essay

A small brief description about this movie:

Kantara is a Kannada-language film that focuses on a plot involving a conflict of land acquisition and the involvement of demigods to the story.

The film's highlight is how it represents the Tulu culture of celebrating the Bhuta Kola and its traditional dynamics around the film's plot.

Kantara made rounds around the Indian Cinema's space, and now it's being acknowledged around the world too by cinephiles.

Though Kantara have a predictable and common plot about the war between two groups of the same village and who wins the war, but -

The greatest strength of Kantara is the cinematic and thematic elements present in the whole film and how Rishab Shetty, the main lead along with the writer and director of Kantara, represents the Tulu culture of Bhuta Kola in the movie.

Here's my take on "What's the Value of Kantara" for so many people in India, especially the people who are accustomed to the ritual of Bhuta Kola in Karnataka and other areas.

This video gives a brief description of the Bhuta Kola, then went on to give review with how Rishab Shetty materialised this movie and provides an analysis on the story of Kantara, eventually summing up with a conclusion.

November 5, 2022

Mumbai News: बॉक्स ऑफिस पर इन दिनों रितेश देशमुख की मराठी फिल्म ‘राजा शिवाजी’ जबरदस्त कमाई कर रही है। महान मराठा योद्धा छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज के जीवन पर आधारित इस फिल्म को दर्शक काफी पसंद कर रहे हैं। लेकिन अब इस फिल्म के दबदबे को चुनौती देने के लिए एक और भव्य बायोपिक की तैयारी शुरू हो चुकी है। खास बात यह है कि इस आगामी फिल्म में दक्षिण भारतीय सिनेमा के दिग्गज सुपरस्टार ऋषभ शेट्टी मुख्य भूमिका…

Mumbai News: बॉक्स ऑफिस पर इन दिनों रितेश देशमुख की मराठी फिल्म ‘राजा शिवाजी’ जबरदस्त कमाई कर रही है। महान मराठा योद्धा छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज के जीवन पर आधारित इस फिल्म को दर्शक काफी पसंद कर रहे हैं। लेकिन अब इस फिल्म के दबदबे को चुनौती देने के लिए एक और भव्य बायोपिक की तैयारी शुरू हो चुकी है। खास बात यह है कि इस आगामी फिल्म में दक्षिण भारतीय सिनेमा के दिग्गज सुपरस्टार ऋषभ शेट्टी मुख्य भूमिका…