Kantara,
one
of
the
sensational
films
made
in
Kannada,
written,
directed,
and
enacted
by
Rishab
Shetty
is
all
set
for
its
digital
release
in
Hindi.
The
makers
have
locked
the
Kantara
Hindi
OTT
release
date
as
December
9.
One
of
the
OTT
giants
Amazon
Prime
Video,
which
is
already
streaming
the
south
language
version
of
the
movie
will
now
start
streaming
the
movie
from
December
9
in
Hindi.
Kantara,
at
its
very
heart,
is
the
story
of
man
and
his
greed.
Set
up
in
the
village
of
Kaadabettu,
in
the
northern
Mangalorean
region,
Kantara
explores
the
conflict
between
man
and
nature,
expressed
with
the
amalgamation
of
culture
and
traditions
of
the
region.
The
movie
was
made
on
a
decent
budget
of
Rs
16
Crore
and
made
more
than
Rs
400
Crore
from
all
over
the
world
from
its
theatrical
run.
Sapthami
Gowda
was
the
film's
female
lead,
who
played
the
role
of
a
female
Forest
Guard
Leela.
Achyuth
Kumar,
Kishore,
Vinay
Bidappa,
Prakash
Thuminad,
Pramod
Shetty,
and
Shine
Shetty
were
a
few
actors
in
the
film
who
played
crucial
roles.
The
movie
was
originally
made
in
Kannada
and
due
to
its
popularity,
it
was
later
dubbed
and
released
in
Telugu,
Tamil,
Malayalam,
and
Hindi.
Rishab
Shetty
worked
on
the
film's
script
for
a
very
long
time
and
the
pre-production
work
helped
him
and
the
team
get
over
the
crucial
step-production
with
ease
and
within
the
time
period.
His
wife,
Pragathi
Rishab
Shetty
worked
as
the
costume
designer
of
the
film
and
also
appeared
in
a
blink-and-miss
role
in
the
film's
beginning,
as
the
King's
wife.
The
movie
was
dated
back
to
the
1990s.
Rishab
drew
his
inspiration
from
a
real-life
incident
that
happened
between
the
forest
officers
and
people
of
Keradi,
his
hometown.
The
story
and
pre-production
was
done
in
2021,
during
the
lockdown
period.
Rishab
was
quoted
saying
that
he
likes
to
make
movies
close
to
nature
and
his
roots.
His
motto
was
to
explore
the
myth
and
legend
of
the
Uttarakannada
region,
where
he
belongs
to
and
take
it
further
to
an
international
platform.
Rishab
has
no
plans
to
make
pan-India
films
and
is
a
believer
in
the
more
the
movie
is
grounded
to
its
roots,
the
more
international
appeal
it
gets.
Produced
by
Vijay
Kiragandur
under
the
Hombale
banner,
who
made
KGF
1
&
2,
Kantara
has
music
by
B
Ajaneesh
Loknath.
Arvind
S
Kashyap
cranked
the
camera
for
the
film,
and
editing
was
done
by
KM
Prakash
and
Pratheek
Shetty.