New Delhi: Rishab Shetty starrer Kantara became the next big thing in the Kannada film after KGF. The Sandalwood action drama has done extremely well at the box office. Kantara also received rave response from the audience.

Kantara, directed by Rishab Shetty, presently has the highest IMDb rating for an Indian film: 9.4. Post Kantara’s release, Rishab Shetty has told a media house that he has stopped going to theatres now. The reason he gave is surprising. Kantara actor and filmmaker said, “It was after that day, I stopped doing theatre visits. It was such a heavy feeling to see people fall at my feet. I just couldn’t handle such reactions as I didn’t know how to reciprocate.”

The Kannada drama has been directed and conceptualised by Rishab himself. The movie also features him as the lead star.

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Kantana OTT release

Kantara will soon make its OTT debut. The film will stream on Amazon Prime Video. However, the date of the OTT release has not been announced yet.

Kantara box office collection

The film has already minted Rs. 100 crore in India within three weeks of release and continues to collect more. It has surpassed KGF Chapter 2 as the highest-rated film on IMDb.

Produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the banner of Hombale Films, the movie’s technical crew has on board Arvind S. Kashyap as the cinematographer, K. M. Prakash and Pratheek Shetty as the editors and B. Ajaneesh Loknath as the music composer.

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The movie made a theatrical release on October 10, 2022.

In an interview with Film Companion, Rishab said, “I was looking at a story rooted in coastal Karnataka about agricultural land. But it isn’t just land…”

“Bhootakola, Daivaradhane, our culture, our rituals and beliefs are all part of that. Once agricultural activities finish, it is marked with a celebration for 3-4 months because that is a ritual. People who have left the village also return for it. Such strong is the belief around all of it…”

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