With
a
rating
of
8.5,
the
south-Indian
latest
sensation
Kantara,
written,
directed,
and
portrayed
by
Rishab
Shetty
becomes
officially
the
number
one
film
of
top
rated
Indian
movies
ever,
according
to
IMDb.
The
movie
is
ranked
No.1
on
the
list
of
movies
joining
several
other
gems
of
films
made
in
India.
Meanwhile,
Kantara,
which
was
dubbed
and
released
in
Telugu,
Tamil,
and
Hindi
is
minting
money
and
raving
positive
reviews
at
the
ticket
windows.
It
is
not
an
exaggeration
that
the
culture-infused
village
drama
made
Rs
200
Crore
Gross
in
the
first
two
days
in
Telugu
alone,
after
its
release
on
October
15.
Kantara
is
making
headlines
everyday
in
the
entertainment
industry
with
its
growing
reach,
popularity,
appreciation,
and
rewards
in
the
form
of
money.
The
movie
joined
the
names
like
Ramayana:
The
Legend
of
Prince
Rama
(1993),
Rocketry:
The
Nambi
Effect
(2022),
Nayakan
(1987),
Anbe
Sivam
(2003),
Jai
Bhim
(2021),
777
Charlie
(2022),
Manichithrathazhu
(1993),
3
Idiots
(2009)
and
others
on
the
IMDb
list.
Kantara
is
set
and
filmed
in
coastal
Karnataka,
in
Keraadi.
The
film's
cinematography
is
handled
by
Arvind
S
Kashyap
and
background
score-cum-
music
is
composed
by
B
Ajaneesh
Loknath.
The
movie's
action
sequences
are
choreographed
by
two
time
National
Award
winning
stunt
director
Vikram
More.
The
movie
stars
Achyuth
Kumar,
Kishore,
Pramod
Shetty,
and
Sapthami
Gowda
among
others
in
crucial
roles.
In
addition,
the
Kannada
Film
Industry
has
been
making
terrific
films
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
They
have
reached
out
to
a
wider
audience
on
an
international
level
only
with
the
Yash-starrer
KGF
franchise
by
writer-cum-director
Prashanth
Neel.
Later,
many
films
originally
made
in
Kannada
have
been
dubbed
and
released
in
all
southern
languages
along
with
Hindi.
Kichcha
Sudeepa's
Vikrant
Rona,
Rakshit
Shetty's
777
Charlie,
and
now
Kantara
are
some
of
the
films
which
made
Kannadigas
proud
as
well
as
made
a
mark
in
the
world
cinema.
On
the
other
hand,
actors
like
Upendra,
and
Kichcha
Sudeepa
have
been
quite
popular
in
Tollywood,
Mollywood,
and
Kollywood
through
their
dubbing
films
for
decades.