Veena Kankriya

Kantara begins with storytelling to set the grand background for the events unfolding wherein the restless royal in search of solace gives out his lands in exchange of a stone worshipped as a local god. All seems mesmerizing with keenly captured scenic beauty of the jungles by the astounding cinematographic skills of Arvind Kashyap and rousing goose bumping music of Ajneesh Loknath. Both are at their best throughout the movie to heighten and brighten the theme of jungle. The cold blooded greedy dynast (Achyut Kumar) of the royal family tries to reclaim the lands cunningly making the protagonist Shiva (Rishab Shetty, the writer, director and actor of the movie) an easy puppet. Being an innocent childhood victim as losing his father abruptly during customary Bhoot Kola performance, grown-up Shiva keeps himself away from all the ritualistic responsibilities of the family and remains a careless, joy loving vagabond. Encountered multiple times by deputy forest officer, Murali