Understanding the extraordinary success of an ordinary film.

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02-12-202242 STORIES

Karthik Gowda: ‘The script is everything’

Interview with the creative producer, Hombale Films.

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Rishab Shetty: ‘I believe in the practice and I have portrayed it’

Interview with the actor and writer-director of ‘Kantara’.

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

‘Kantara’ a symptom of our times because of the culture wars it provokes

The film has been embraced fiercely by conservatives while dismissed by detractors as regressive.

Srikanth Srinivasan

Bhoota Kola: Anchor for people in Dakshina Kannada and North Malabar

People in these regions return periodically to a sure and familiar world through such rituals.

Editor’s Note

Despite the spectacular success of ‘Kantara’, the movie disappoints.

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