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Filmi Score
Exceptional
15 reviews
82
13 exceptional1 very good1 good
What the critics say
Rishab Shetty's performance and the Bhoota Kola-rooted folklore, cinematography and climax leave critics calling it a near-flawless masterpiece worth seeing in theatres, though several flag an overlong second half, underwritten female lead and uncomfortable moments around her.
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Summary
Kantara (2022, Kannada) has a Filmi Score of 82 from 15 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Shiva, a tribal vagabond lives with his mother in hamlet, stays away from the traditional Daivaradhane and Bhoota Kola legacy due to an unforgettable childhood incident. He is happy loafing around with his friends and doing petty jobs for his landlord. When Forest officer Murali enters the scene, it gives a fresh dimension to the man-vs-nature fight. Can Shiva save the forest from Murali? Or is Murali just a dummy bait cast by bigger fish?
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Shiva, a tribal vagabond lives with his mother in hamlet, stays away from the traditional Daivaradhane and Bhoota Kola legacy due to an unforgettable childhood incident. He is happy loafing around with his friends and doing petty jobs for his landlord. When Forest officer Murali enters the scene, it gives a fresh dimension to the man-vs-nature fight. Can Shiva save the forest from Murali? Or is Murali just a dummy bait cast by bigger fish?
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The critic calls Kantara one of the best Indian films in years, praising its original folklore-rooted story, cinematography, music and… Read it there →
Anmol calls Kantara one of his favorite films of the year, praising its folklore-rooted world-building, real-location cinematography and Rishabh… Watch it there →
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 21 Oct 2022
Unni feels the Malayalam dub's polish dilutes the local flavour of the original performances and flags a couple of now-uncomfortable body-shaming… Watch it there →
Sucharita calls Rishabh Shetty's performance the best of the year across languages and praises the film's storytelling and craft, while noting… Watch it there →
Thyview praises Ajaneesh Loknath's background score, the cinematography and the quality of the Telugu dub, singling out Rishabh Shetty's… Watch it there →
Varun praises the film's ensemble of characters, cinematography and climax, noting only a minor gap between what he expected from a dialogue and… Watch it there →
The transcript is too garbled to reliably reconstruct the critic's verdict; scattered fragments touch cinematography, score, screenplay and… Watch it there →
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50
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 15 readings; 7 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Kantara: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is Kantara's box office collection?
Kantara has a box office collection of ₹407.82 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹363.82 Cr India gross and ₹44.00 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 12 Dec 2022, day 70. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.
How much has Kantara collected at the box office?
Kantara has collected ₹407.82 Cr worldwide in 70 days, as of 12 Dec 2022, according to Sacnilk.
Where can I watch Kantara?
Kantara is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US and Canada), Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Fubo (the US). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Kantara?
Kantara has a Filmi Score of 82 (Exceptional), the mean of 15 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 50 (Review Corner) to 95 (Suraj Kumar). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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