A restless king finds Panjurli in the forest
A narrated legend: a king with everything but peace finds a forest stone and strikes a land-for-peace pact with the Demigod.
Film · 2022
Kantara
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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?
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Kaadubettu Shiva's Best Moments
Kantara
Every Kantara moment featuring Kaadubettu Shiva, in story order. Played by Rishab Shetty.
18 moments · 37 minby Favseen
Devendra Suttooru's Best Moments
Kantara
Every Kantara moment featuring Devendra Suttooru, in story order. Played by Achyuth Kumar.
7 moments · 17 minby Favseen
Leela's Best Moments
Kantara
Every Kantara moment featuring Leela, in story order. Played by Sapthami Gowda.
5 moments · 12 minby Favseen
Raampa's Best Moments
Kantara
Every Kantara moment featuring Raampa, in story order. Played by Prakash Thuminad.
5 moments · 11 minby Favseen
Bulla's Best Moments
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Every Kantara moment featuring Bulla, in story order. Played by Shanil Guru.
4 moments · 8 minby Favseen
Murali's Best Moments
Kantara
Every Kantara moment featuring Murali, in story order. Played by Kishore.
4 moments · 11 minby Favseen
Characters
All moments
25 in story order · 52 min
- 01
- 02
The heir from Bombay demands the gifted land back
A father explains the land was given to the Demigod; his brother scoffs at the ritual and threatens court.
- 03
Varaha Roopam: the Bhootha Kola invocation
The performer dons the gaggara as the Varaha hymn rises during the spirit worship ritual.
- 04
Panjurli pronounces judgment, the performer vanishes
The Landlord asks the possessed performer for the land; Panjurli warns him and the dancer runs into the forest and disappears.
- 05
Shiva's buffaloes tear through the Kambala track
Shiva drives his buffaloes through the mud race and beats his own record by two seconds.
- 06
Kambala result sparks Shiva's mud brawl
The prize goes to the Landlord's buffaloes; Shiva calls it rigged and fights the Landlord's men in the slush.
- 07
Kamala chases Shiva up a tree with a stick
Shiva's mother storms in over the boar hunt, Shiva hides in a tree and Rampa gets caught in the scolding.
- 08
Rampa's tall tale of Grandpa's bouncing bullet
On a night hunt Rampa narrates how his grandfather killed a tiger by firing at the ground, then the gang bags a boar.
- 09
Crackers at the Kola: Shiva clashes with Murali
The new forest officer tries to stop the fireworks; Shiva and Sundara defy him until the Landlord pulls them apart.
- 10
Singara Siriye: Shiva and Leela fall in love
Shiva gets Leela a forest guard job and the romance song plays out across village nights and rides.
- 11
Survey standoff turns into a riot over fenced land
Murali's team marks village land as encroachment, Leela among them; Shiva leads the fight and Murali fires his gun.
- 12
Shiva slaps Leela at the lockup
Villagers call Leela a traitor; when she brings Shiva food he lashes out and she breaks down.
- 13
A felled tree crushes the forest jeep
Tipped off, Murali's jeep races in as Shiva's gang drops a tree on it; panic and a plan to hide in the forest follow.
- 14
Shiva and Leela make up on Kailasa
Leela offers to quit her job for Shiva; after a clumsy apology the two reconcile in the hideout.
- 15
Murali catches Shiva and suspends Leela
At dawn Murali finds the couple, mocks Leela's loyalties, suspends her and drags Shiva away.
- 16
The gang's hopeless prison-break plan
In jail the friends sketch a human-tower escape over a fifteen-foot wall until the guards confiscate the map.
- 17
Guruva's body is found at the Kola ground
Villagers run to a jeep's dumping site and find the Kola performer Guruva dead.
- 18
Guruva's funeral lament
The village mourns, the ritual attire is removed and a lament plays over the funeral.
- 19
Kamala forbids Shiva from ever performing the Kola
Visiting him in jail, Shiva's mother tells him he must never perform the Bhootha Kola; then he learns why.
- 20
The Landlord's true story: Guruva refuses and is killed
Devendra retells the legend as a performer's trick, then asks Guruva to speak for him at the Kola; Guruva refuses.
- 21
Devendra turns Shiva against the forest officer
Over scotch, Devendra tells Shiva the DRFO killed Guruva and urges patience while lighting the fuse.
- 22
Mahadevanna's words and the jeep: Shiva sees the truth
At the smithy, Mahadevanna talks of inner fire; Shiva pieces together the Landlord's jeep and Guruva's death.
- 23
Shiva sits at the Landlord's table and names his time
Soaked and calm, Shiva eats with Devendra, refuses the scotch and summons him to Kaadubettu at midnight.
- 24
Guliga awakens to deliver justice
With Shiva left for dead, the Guliga spirit rises through him, punishes the Landlord and pronounces judgment.
- 25
Varaha Roopam returns for the final Kola
The Varaha hymn returns over the closing Kola as the village stands in worship.