Duration – 149.58 seconds, Category – Dharma and Daiva, Verdict – Brilliant
Title – KANTARA, Producer – Hombale Films Vijay Kiragandur, Direction – Rishab Shetty, Music – Ajanish Lokanath, Cinematography – Aravind Kashyap, Cast – Rishab Shetty, Sapthami Gowda, Kishor, Achyuth Kumar, Pramod Shetty, Manasi, Raghu Pandeshwar, Vinay Biddappa, and others.
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE THE FILM KANTARA
The much-awaited film from Hombale Films after the mega-hit of KGF 2 has given a power-packed film ‘Kantara’ that is in fact a film of KARNATAKA.
This is a very pure and solid ‘Desi’ cinema and capturing the Dakshina Kannada culture heritage, life, language, and long-lasting impact is narrated with a lot of care and affection. As director cum actor of the film also hails from that region it has been a terrific presentation of a film of our land.
Yes. It is a bit lengthy film of two seconds short of two hours and fifty minutes. The speed, content, excitement, acting, and technical excellence keep the audience engaged till the last frame. The last half an hour is a mega feast. Throughout the film, the ‘Power’ is fed into every shot. Of course, this film was also narrated to Power star Puneeth Rajakumar!
‘Kantara’ brings in front of us various beliefs and cunning politicians in the forefront. At the same time, the law-abiding police are presented in proper perspective.
On the music front, Ajanish Lokanath has captured precisely the regional sound and made it very appealing. A few of the songs in the background haunt like how the cinematography of Aravind Kashyap does throughout the film.
The film narration is at a brisk pace and never falls down in presenting convincing scenes. The demigod substance in the film and ‘Shiva’ with power at the last few minutes make us believe it is a reality. Especially after the murder of his brother Guruva, Shiva is at his screaming best. The huge sound he makes often brings is on the top gear.
‘Kantara’ at the outset begins from the 1847 era of a King looking for happiness, peace, and affection. As the promise is made the wish is fulfilled.
What generation next. The landlord is not ready to give up the land for ‘Kadebettu’ villagers who are sacred and maintain sanctity. Hell breaks out when the promise is forgotten. The haunting of ‘Daiva’ takes the villagers to another level that is led by Shiva. The forest encroachment also comes up at this point of time. The strict officer clamp forest protection rules. The rivalry between Shiva and the Forest department reached its peak. There are two other rivals pitching for something in this fight.
How the four directions fall into one place, the Bootha Kola system reverts back, and what happens to the extremely bad forces is the screaming best of the climax.
Rishab Shetty is completely involved in his character. He has varieties but his roar and scream are best. He deserves an award for his variety of presentations on screen. For his direction also he deserves solid encouragement. The action scenes, the Kambala portions, and his knack for making the dialogues very natural get him more marks.
Kishor steals the show for his cool and composed performance as forest officer. His killing looks and precise dialogues heighten the strength of the film.
There is Achyuth Kumar as a cunning politician doing his best, Sapthami Gowda giving a fine performance, and Manasi comeback to Kannada is welcome. As the mother of Shiva and Guruva the performance with emotions might get an award for the best supporting role.
The location of this film ‘Kailasa’ of Shiva character – number of houses and environment picked for this film comes very helpful for this film.
The dialogues are so well written and coming back from theaters you remember it.
ನಾವೆಲ್ಲ ಒಂದೇ ಊರು ಜೀವ ಇರೋವರೆಗೂ ಒಗ್ಗಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಇರ್ಬೇಕು…. ಜೀವನ ಇರೋದು ಸಾಗಿಸಲಿಕ್ಕೆ ಅಲ್ಲ ಅನುಭವಿಸಲಿಕ್ಕೆ…. ಒದ್ದೆ ಆದದ್ದು ಅಲ್ಲ ಶುದ್ಧ ಅದದ್ದು….
For encouraging the ‘Desi’ strength of Karnataka ‘Hombale Films’ deserves applause.
