संवाद # 73 (भाग 1): J Sai Deepak on brilliance of Kantara & Rishab Shetty; Bhoota Kola in Hinduism 

Part - 2 is now out. Watch here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AGgsBTJSWJw.html

Before shooting the movie, rishabh shetty took the permission of Panjurli daiva. The daiva gave its permission by smearing its color on him. Shetty even turned vegetarian during the entire shoot since he wanted to be shuddha while depicting panjurli, a daiva that doesn't eat meat. Moreover, footwear was not used in the sets unless a shot demanded sandals to be seen. This is nothing short of a tapasya for him

I am from Bihar and this is not limited to south india. In my village we have multiple local deities.

I am a Brahmin from South Canara. Just to clarify, Brahmins have always revered and been a part of grama devatas, daivas, bhoota kolas, nagamandalas and such other rituals. These were never seen as being against their Vedic anushtana or poojas. Happy to see Saideepak bringing out this point brilliantly.

I am a Hindu living in Maharashtra and native state Uttarakhand. I connected a lot with the Daiva concept as even in my native place we practice such rituals. I watched the movie 3 times and the experience was different every time. The last 30 mins are divine. For first time, tears rolled down and I offered my prayers to Daiva 🙏 Please watch it in theater.

Bhai ji mai uttar pradesh alighar se hu humare bhi gram devta hai aur bada mela lagata hai jisko' mata ki jaat' kehte hai gram devta bulaya jate hai bahut sundar mela lagta hai.

I am a Punjabi Hindu, and I am honestly admitting that I have minimal knowledge about the southern customs, rituals and traditions but while watching Kantara I never felt as if I was something from an alien culture, I deeply connected with the characters and their stories. Truly a masterpiece of a film.

I am from Chhattisgarh, when I went to watch KANTARA, what is the most brilliant part of this movie is it attracting raw audience who believe and practice such ritual's. And they amaze by the fact that the rituals we practice have such a deep understanding. I must tell u, it is the Deva who is sending it's message to protect nature through "Rishabh Shetty".

And that scene where Panjurli holds the hands of the forest officer and brings the hands of the villagers together. How symbolic is this of the Daiva uniting the protectors of the forest with the people of the forest! Brilliance

Kantara is not just a movie. It's an experience of a lifetime🙏🙏🙏

I belong to the Banjara community and we have very similar traditions, where the divine power enters the body of usually the eldest or someone who is pure during the Pooja. Villagers don't get scared but are full of devotion. Sometimes they say prophecies sometimes warnings. And we keep the boar teeth in the mandir and even though we are non-vegetarian community nobody was allowed near the devghar after consuming non-veg and my grandmother made sure of this. Edit: we say "maata aayi hai.." Translation: the divine mother is here

I'm from ODISHA.I almost cried while watching When DEVTA used to posses The men.Rishav Shetty mesmerized and shackled my soul with is his climax performance.I am forever grateful to Him and all the KANTARA artists and film makers. THIS IS WHAT OUR SANATAN HINDU CULTURE US ,that connects us from KASHMIR to KANYAKUMARI irrespective of our colour,caste ,financial status.WE'RE bound to bow our head together. 🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️🙏🙏🙏🙏

I have started exploring my local bundelkhand and all the local culture kept alive. We had a similar concept of kshetrapals but we have forgotten them, Kantara is eye openers, glad it released in Hindi.

Rishab Shetty turned out to be everything that Indic audiences wanted so badly. Brilliant in his craft- Writing, Directing and Acting, Calm, Composed and Articulate in his interviews, Proud and Confident of his roots, and reflecting that in his storytelling. Hope he stays true to these attributes 🤞and makes more such great movies.

Sanatan Dharma is unifying! Earlier I watched Ponniyen Selvam 1 in Tamil and could understand every sentence without knowing Tamil! Now I feel like watching all these movies in native Bhartiya languages ❤️❤️

I am from Himachal and I can certainly vouch for the divinity portrayed in this movie as I have witnessed the Devtas comming in the human body with my naked eyes , this movie has taken the pop culture to another level , lifetime experience 🔥🔥, truly masterpiece, cannot agree more to what Sai Deepak said . 🙏

BASICALLY KANTARA MOVIE IS THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO HINDU CULTURE/ RELIGION/DHARMA TO A FOREIGN/ COCONUT INDIAN. THROUGHOUT INDIA ALL TOWNS, VILLAGES HAVE THEIR GRAMA DEVATA, KULA DEVATA ETC EVERYBODY KNOWS IT, BUT NOBODY BROUGHT THIS TO THE MAINSTREAM UNTIL 'KANTARA' CAME

I am from the costal region of karnataka have grown up with what you saw. Amazed to see here that similar practice is followed across the country. What a beautiful country and dharma we have..!

This is one movie I rate as the best in my 60 years. Hats off to Rishabh Shetty for his brilliant masterpiece 👌👏

I am from Uttarakhand and this movie made me cry thinking about my people and my dev 🙏🏼

In Rajasthan we call it 'Bhav aana' when a spirit of Local devta enter into body of a person. Here, Tejaji, Bhomiya ji, Bheru ji, Pabu ji etc are some of the Lokdevtas who come into body of person and separate dances like Kola are performed. Village fairs are also organised as shown in the movie.

Kannadigas express our heartfelt thanks to JSD👍👍🙏🙏 for what he said at 23:50

I have seen this movie yesterday and movie is excellent. There is no question of North South culture. I am from West India and this movie have refreshed my memories with my Lt. grandmother. When I was kid, she uses to tell me bedtime stories of our ancestor village. One of the stories was of Lord Kshetrapal dada. She told that when she was of my age (may be 5-6 years) she has experienced the presence of Lord kshetrapal (guardian of village and people). Lord use to guard the village in night and use to patrol on his white horse. They used to hear sounds of mystical bells ( ghungharoo ) tied on horse legs. No one tries to follow him or see him. As a kid I was amused by this and asked still he guards the village. She told yes but no one now experienced him after one incident. Once, a man tried to follow him and lord got disappeared at the outskirts of the village near riverbank. Now, at present there is very big temple build at the same place and whenever we use to visit our village, we use to take blessing of Lord Kshetrapal Ji. My father and uncle always narrated the incidents of thieves who never got success to cross the river before temple in taking stolen things out of village. Gramdevta , Kshetrapal or Panjurli is nothing new in our sanatan culture. Almost, every village or town in India have their Gram Devta. Majorly gram devatas are Gods like Hanumanji , Kalbharavji , or relative to supreme lord shiva. However, in many places gramdevta are goddess too. We have very reach culture, rituals and traditions in India. This is one of the stories of Kundapur village of udupi district. We have thousands of villages in India and each of the villages will have something to share. We need many more films like this.

I am from Mangalore. When I was young our entire agenda during summer holidays was to watch bhoota kola in night. Everybody in our town irrespective of religion, caste we fear our daiva, we bow to our daiva and we enjoy these rituals. At such a young age we knew that our rich culture is Hindu, I am Hindu and I am a proud Hindu in all scenarios

I'm from Tripura ( one of Ishaan-Bhartiya rajya) . I would say what a wonderful movie it was. I'm requesting please someday visit Tripura. Lots of similar kind of things you can experience here.

We have grama devatas in Gujarat too. We usually refer to it as માતાજી આવ્યા / mataji aaye. Sadly growing up in a big city and a “modern” family I was discouraged from following these things. Movies like Kantara are a big eye opener. We need to reconnect with our Vedic and indigenous roots.

Part 1- I am from Kullu Himachal Pradesh.. Our Kul Devta is Kaurvas , Pandvas . We call Kauravas as Kaila Veer and Pandvas as Panch Veer. Everytime there is a function related to our Kuldevta .We have a Gur or Shaman who conveys the message of the devta to the people. Part 2- We have Maa Chamunda as our village deity. She has different shaman. When there is a festival or she is invited by people to there home there also her message is conveyed by the gur or shaman. We have a festival every third year we call it Kahika. In this festival a guy (called as Naud) is brought back from almost death. He is in state of trance. In a way he is Murchit (May sound weird but this is what it is).The Naud is given Panchratna which is a custom here which is given to a person who dies here in mountains. Now his body is wrapped in white clothes like a dead body and is now carried to a field (Khet) which belongs to Maa Chamunda where many shamans of different deities of different places are accompanying the Naud. At this moment these Shamans or Gurs are in a state where dieties are possessing them. In a way the shakti is travelling alongside the dead guy. In this field there is a stone where is kept and some puja is performed. The Naud is now carried back by people to Maa Chamunda temple and now all the shamans are trying him to bring back to life. Within few minutes he is seen standing and running for air to breath. If Naud is not brought back to life everything Maa Chamunda has will be given to Naud's family.All money, gold etc everything. If you want to know you guys can search for Kahika festival of Kullu.

Even after more than a Month of it’s release date. Kantara is still running with 80-90% occupancy here in Sydney Australia. What a movie it was … rightly said by Deepak sir.. it’s a theatrical experience not the OTT. Must watch 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Arihant ji I am from Uttarakhand (Garhwal Division) and have been brought up seeing exactly what is depicted in Kantara and it’s so normal for us and the people there. It’s part of their lives. Every village has there local Daivs’ (called Debta in Garhwali), then there is one for a group of villages (tehsil or Patti) so on and so forth. I was so surprised to see Kantara and wondered how it’s so similar and how it’s disappeared and forgotten as villages become towns and towns become cities for e.g my UP friends have no clue what this is and are getting to know this concept first time

Kantara is a brilliant movie irrespective of which region it’s from. Tulu culture has been shown proudly but every single Bhartiya can relate with it. I’m a North Indian Punjabi and we pray to Maa Shakti. I’ve been in US for last 25 yrs but even than I member visiting 9 Devi temples and seeing similar practices with my own eyes which we use to call, “mata aa gayi” or “bhairav aa gaye”. I still believe in that and seeing Kantara took me back to my childhood.

Any pahadi here, linking this whole conversation with JAAGAR and remembering Jagar's thali beat? 😇🙌

I am Hindu from Haryana and after seen this movie I gain more respect toward my gran devta and kull devil and Kil devta 🙏🙏and yes also toward my ancestors in Haryana we make sathanak for them and pray always specially on mavash 🙏🙏they protect us and always guide us 🙏🙏

What Sadguru & J Sai Deepak talk of our culture & traditions..... Rishab Shetty shown it all visually, brilliantly🙏👌❤

Himanchal and Uttrakhand (called "Bhansi" in my village) have similar traditions to coastal karnataka this thrills me about the culture of Bharata

I am from Maharashtra and our Kul Devi is Ma Bhavani. + since childhood I have seen my grandmother who used to get Deva in her body + my cousin brother too (we call in local Marathi language as VAAR AAL...meaning The deity has come into the body ) and they used to solve or give answers to question when questions were asked where Deva used to speak through them and at times Deva used to randomly say things which we used to follow ...which were kind of warnings ) We have seen and experienced this since childhood. We all can connect to Kantara ( Mind-blowing Devine Masterpiece ) 🙏

I am from Orissa and I strongly connected with the movie. We too have a similar tradition in our village, called as Bagha Nacha - the Tiger dance, which was portrayed in the movie Katara and in the movie Garuda Gamana as well! 🙏

In Maharashtra, our village has also some similar traditions like क्षेत्रपाळ, ग्रामदेवता(Guardian Deity) like Khandoba, Biroba, Mhasoba, Bhairavnath, Kalbhairav, Kalubai, Chilubai, Satwai, Waghjai and so on. Different villages have their different devtas as well as their legends/stories. Every year they are worshipped on events called Yatra/Jatra.

Sir I am from Odisha and this type of culture also followed in our state.

मे जयपुर मे ये पिक्चर देख कर अब तक 10 लोगो को motivate करके ये पिक्चर दिखवा चुका हू।

Sai deepaks commentary on "Kantara" clears all your doubts and gets you ready to face the leftist 😜. It's like a prep for IIT....bring it on🙏

It's a bliss to hear Sai Deepak sir speak. Here he is talking about Chottanikkara Devi Temple in Ernakulam, Kerala. You should be there to believe it 🤗

I request everyone to share their local deity(gram devata) ritual with kantara hashtags,let's get together we got great trigger to showcase our ritual publically 🔥💪🚩🙏

I have watched this movie 3 times in theatres. I'm going to watch it again for the fourth time. I'm not from Karnataka but I'm watching it in Kannada... I can't put into words how beautiful this movie is 🚩 Long live Sanatana Dharma. My favorite part is Varaha Roopam Bhoota-kola divinity. And the last 20 minutes is pure daiva shakti taking the audience into complete mesmerizing state 🚩🚩

This Sai is saying same thing what i experienced I was crying because i saw my Muthadhugavamman in it. My ammam Temple is in Vaikom. I am so lucky we had witness Kathakali in my Amman Temple... I am crying when i writing this... I am blesssed.

It’s unbelievable that people from all over India are reporting of such traditions in their own regions! This is indeed a blessed civilization! May we thrive till eternity!

Wow, I am thrilled to read comments from Himachal, Bihar, Assam, Rajasthan, Maharashtra writing about similar 'daiva/devta' worship they practice. This is how Superstar Rajinikanth praised Kaanthara movie - 'The unknown is more than the known.’ 🙏

I am from Karnataka and watched the movie twice , while watching your video feeling proud as our Kannada movie reaching all over Bharat. Thanks to Rishabh Shetty for giving us wonderful movie. Explanation and interaction between both of you is class .

🙏👍 I am from Uttarakhand in all villages we have local " Ista Devta " and their is a celebration called " Jagar " in which Local Deity came into body of some Local people sometime randomly & sometime on a perticular person during this JAGAR celebration 🎉🎉

We tulunadu people feels happy and glad that finally whole India recognized our beautiful Thanks a lot to Rishab shetty who Made us proud

Exhilarating!! I have witnessed my mother getting possessed displaying 100% same massaging expressions when I was hardly 10yrs old about 37 yrs back....100% my mother possessed Maa kali , within 30min she ate bucket of red China rose ,instructed a lot with similar movements as in kantara. My mother knows nothing....even today .( first time I watched similar...). I am from Bihar...kul devta and gram devta certainly exist , my personal experience. I am not uneducated, I am MD in medicine and practiced from UK to west Asia to Delhi, Lucknow....

This are traditional folk cultures of Mangalore, Tulunad & even Goa , just that in Goa it's celebrate in somewhat different way. I literally got cry out when that last scene starts, must watch in theaters, as an South Western we can relate it very well. This is art of our Coastal culture, it's not just about Beaches as North indian people's thinks of us.

I come from Uttarakhand and can relate to every single bit of the movie and I’m really grateful to Rishab shetty and team for creating this masterpiece.. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Sai Deepak's observation is brilliant on this movie and I think as he is from south, the emotion that I see he displayed during this review is exactly similar to what I have. These are my Native stuff so you might see me describing it quite passionately here. I have seen lot of reviewers of Kantara even mentioning that there is a excellent Horror sequence in this movie. Countless time I had to correct those reviewers that, Bhai this is not a Horror movie. This is about Devine spirit of Kaluruti Panjurali (Devine Boar, Varaha Avatar) & Guliga. Ofcourse they accepted my suggestion later and apologies for the incorrect description and frankly I don't blame them as they are not aware about it and the Presence of Guliga is actually intense in real life. I have seen it personally also when they do some supernatural act. You can see it in their eyes that the Vessel (The Human who is possessed) is actually in fainted state and whatever act you see him doing in the possessed state is the Devine presence. One observation on the Movie during the Varaha Roopam song they translated the word Bootha as Demon in english, which was wrong. Actually the word Bootha when translated to english means Spirit or Ghost, hence the confusion I think, Actually it means Devine spirit. But my point is when you have faith and belief in our Sanatana Dharma you will never be spooked by Devine presence and that's what was described in the movie when king hears the Anklet sound coming from Jungle, he is not spooked by it. Infact he experiences Parental love and intense emotion. Also Sai brilliantly highlighted so minute details such as when Shiva is full on possessed by Devine spirit of Guliga, we can see that spark in his Mothers eyes and Villagers literally Bow down and accepts that Devine presence. They are not spooked by it as they have faith in it. A little bit of background on Guliga is that he was born with Intense Hunger and he is derived from Lord Shiva himself. He starts devouring anything that comes in his path, He even emptied the entire ocean of vaikunta and Lord Vishnu had to put his little finger in guliga's mouth to curb his craving. That's how intense Guliga is and that is what you see in the movie. The villagers immediately identify that it is the presence of Guliga in Shiva's body and they know that it will start devouring anything, hence they immediately offer him Puffed Rice sack and Guliga start's consuming it. I have seen it in real life the vessel who is possessed by Guliga devours an entire Live chicken. Hence people will immediately bring Puffed Rice sack & White pumpkin to control it's hunger. Sometime it will run so ferociously and usually towards the jungle and during such Kola there are some hefty men there to prevent it running away. I have seen 15 hefty men sweating & struggling to stop it running away from pandal and even in some cases it runs away and villagers will then follow it. Guliga can't stand injustice and he is the swift deliverer of Justice. Looking at the 15 min climax of the movie you can understand what I mean. In real life also if you are present in the Kola during the possessed state he can identify people who are following wrong path and he will warn them to take righteous path or else it will punish them and in some cases we can also see it will pull out people and start punishing them with a stick like a Father who discipline his kids. Also, Kaluruti Panjurali & Guliga are considered siblings, that was not the case in the beginning though. When they first met, they had intense battle and created immense destruction and Mata JalaDurga had to console them and order them to stop fighting and live like siblings. Due to immense respect for Mata they immediately stopped fighting and started living like siblings henceforth. At many places they are both worshipped together, hence you can see the reference of them both in the movie. On one instance in the beginning of the movie the Vessel who was taken over by Kaluruti Panjurali mentions that even if he forgives, Guliga won't due to it's nature of giving swift justice. Also when Shiva's father runs towards Jungle and disappeared, he was possessed by Kaluruti Panjurali during that time. At the end Shiva was possessed by Guliga and he could hear the Anklet sound during his possessed state and runs towards the jungle to meet his father. When they meet, they do exactly as Mata JalaDurga ordered, live happily like siblings and you can see them dancing in joy and disappear at the end. These spirits are Shiva Gana's, Kaluruti Panjurali & Guliga are considered one of the oldest in Tulunadu history and they were sent by Lord Shiva himself to protect the Villagers and People in need and Steer them away from doing bad deeds and bring them to righteous path. so there is no fear for these Devine being and usually these spirits are first stepping stone for us to reach the Lord themself, so you can't deny their importance. You know why we call Lord Shiva BoleNath, because he takes care of everyone, the one who worship him and also that one who don't and the poor one's who can't reach his divinity directly, hence he creates multiple path for us to reach him. These Rituals are part of our Hindu Dharma and people who are telling that these are superstition don't have an ounce of knowledge about Hindu dharma. One other thing I would like to highlight here is in Karnataka especially in Mangalore area people have become modern nowadays, but they are still connected to their roots and external distraction have never diverted them away from their roots. I could say this very proudly being from there. One important thing that I observed in this movie about Sanatana dharma is that it unites everybody. I have seen people from east, west, north, south getting united even though though they don't have an ounce of knowledge about these rituals, but they are still drawn together and united. That's the beauty of our Sanatana Dharma. We might be talking about Rishabh's brilliance here but I am preety sure this is all Devine being that guided him to do this movie and bring us all together. I am preety sure Rishab will also accept this.

It really feels good to see Sai so chilled out, happy and going ga ga about our cultural roots.. We love our roots which is basically same all over

Have seen Sai Sir tearing the anti Nationals into pieces.. Delighted to see you Narrating the Epic Movie. A contrast Sai . A clean Summary of Kaanthara with your wise words. Good take away for everyone who is listening to this. Jai Hind Vande Mataram

Never seen jsd so happy and in cheerful mood talking abt a movie...love to see him this way🤩🤩

I have never seen Sai Deepak praise a movie so much. It is almost as if his analytical mind was stopped while watching the movie and got absorbed into it. -Proud Hindu from Karnataka.

As a kannadida It is so good to see that Sai deepak is talking about Our proud kannada movie and im also huge fan Sai deepak's ideology

Sir, I watched 4 times and still want to experience the amazing moments in the theatre 🙏 Hatsoff to the movie making team 👍 God bless them

Even in hyderabad people were folding there hands in theater last 15 min .. I literally started crying I couldn't figure out why was I crying.. such a divine experience being kanadiga it feels proud wen other state people connect with local culture.. that's the beauty of bharath unity in diversity ❤️ 👏

Great analysis by Eminent people.. KANTARA is a masterpiece of SANATAN HINDUISM... Jai Hind and Vandemataram. ⛳🇮🇳

When I was small boy in 1985 we used to live in very small then aadivasi area called Panchmahal, Gujarat where every Holi we used to go to "Chul Mela" in which people walk on fire nice and slowly without having any damage to their body under the influence of Mataji and their tremendous faith. While watching Kantara, i went back 35 years and cherished all those memories...🙏

Just saw #Kantara, although I knew what to expect but then what I saw was beyond believe and far beyond my expectations. It's not a movie, it's a Creation. Naman #RishabhShetty, the last 15 minutes was not just divine, Divine was there and I felt it.

Oh my goodness, how could I not come across this channel or this brilliant man on the other side.Take a bow Mr J Sai Deepak, I am bowing down humbly. Being from Mangalore, it felt really really special & proud. Born & brought up in Mangalore, I have lived everything which has been shown in the movie. Take a bow for such a detailed interpretation, take a bow, pls take a bow, more n more power to you..

In Himachal we have a very strong Devta Culture. As said in the video it has made me more connected to my Devta ❤️ Literally the Devtas speak to you through Gur(Medium) and the movie gave me the same experience.

I agree with both of you. I too cried in the climax. I am going to watch it for the 4th time. This movie should be played eternally in cinema theatres. I'm going to watch it in Kannadaaa

I am from Madhya Pradesh & the concept in Kantara was not new to me, that means Sanatan culture is the same all over India with some variation due to regional differences or language. BUT, we all are one 🙏 BTW, watched movie in Kannada ❤️

In the beginning of movie when varaaha roopam played i experienced peace,goosebumps,emotional,blessed,happy....all at once ...cannot describe it

Same rituals are also followed by tribes of chhattisgarh.#kantara rocks🔥🔥🔥

Kantara is in my language Kannada. Also a truly rooted " Indie experience" in the true sense! Charvaakas too would acknowledge that the deep rooted faith of locals acts as a bridge between man and nature and eventually protecting both as a result! Rishabh carries the faith of the character he created and therefore he is so mind boggling and convincing while enacting the role! Masterpiece. MUST watch! 👌

Kantara is a masterpiece which took us all back to our roots and culture. The customs may vary but the ultimate goal is spiritual. Instead of looking for differences we should see similarities among us and this film has proved that we Sanatan Hindus can come together. The climax of the film brought tears in my eyes. The entire team of this film deserves our support and appreciation 🙏🏻. Jai Bharat

Love from tuluva people from tulunadu😍 for this well knowledge d person of subcontinent culture history

Deepak ji full respect from Karnataka. You have actually told in your words what all people like us think in our minds and cannot express in words. Lots of love and support from Hubli Karnataka

Kantara- Masterpiece of Bhartiya Cinema. Universities must encourage students to write Thesis.

Sai Deepak sir bayalli namm kantara bagge bandide andre we kannadigas are grateful to u sir.

We need more movies like Kantara which can proudly show Hindu culture of diffrent parts of India 🇮🇳

I watched it in a single screen theatre in Prayagraj, and audiance gave a standing ovation after the movie was finished. Surreal experience 😱

Wooow seen kantara twice & will see it again. Every Indian should see it in a cinema hall. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Brilliantly discussed. Hinduism is a way of life, the path which is unique doesn't affect others and takes everybody long

Born as a Punjabi Hindu, i stayed in Udupi for my studies for three years. I got first hand exp of Bhootkola. Goosebumps. Amazing film

मैं उत्तर प्रदेश के अयोध्या जी का हूँ , हमारे यहां कुल देवता , ग्राम देवता और क्षेत्रपाल की पूजा होती है, और भुताकोला कि तरह हमारे यहां का भी ट्रेडिशन है "देवता आना" , उसमे भी लोग यू ही "ट्रांस" मोड में चले जाते हैं।

I'm from coastal karanataka region. And i have nostalgia of going to bhoota koola ceremonies in the middle of the night

Legendary SAI DEEPAK sir .. Your explanation is brilliant -- Yes -- Government came much later and we native Mangalorean nurtured our area so beautifully since ages -- I am native of Mangalore and know these things first hand -- British gave tons of land to Cristian missionaries in Mangalore 8 KM stretch is still there in Mangalore ( BENDOOR TO MARGAN GATE ) is mostly with Christian institutes -- St Aloysius College which is having more than 10000 acre of prime land at heart of Mangalore -- Basel Mission was very active in Mangalore -- YET DESPITE ALL THESE -- Mangalore remained bastion of HINDUTVA because of these strong traditions which are there for ages -- Along with this BHOOTHARADANE ( Which KAANTHARA movie depicted) we have one more very strong medium which is YAKSHAGANA which kept Hindus together and even other religion people also getting attracted towards that ( In YAKSHAGANA We show stories of Ramayana Mahabharata etc..) Coastal Karnataka has unique practices which are perhaps not there in other parts of Karnataka itself ( may be northen Kerala might have similar thing ) .

Some stories are told by Gods themselves, Humans are just the medium and we are blessed to have Rishab Shetty ji amongst us.

My family is from Kannuj and Bundelkhand regions and I can tell you that every region of this country is filled with such indigenous practices woven brilliantly into the Hindu pantheon. I have seen Kul Devi/ Devta Pooja, regional festivals and celebrations on similar lines. And forget Indians my white friend who has very little idea about Hinduism, but no idea about the regionals practices and eve she loved it. She wants to see it again on her laptop to maybe pause and research more about it and understand the movie better. But I am glad that the Telugu community in my city made sure the film was screened specially so that all of us could watch it on big screen and I hope it plays in the theatres in north for a few more months so that I can visit India and watch it again in Hindi with my family. Kantara is truly a legend of a movie!

I feel grateful and proud to be a hindu after watching this movie, the last 15 mins got to be the most amazing cinematic experience ever .

I'm typical North Indian..... And I didn't know about the culture of Kantara...... But still, I could connect myself to this ritual proudly, like this is my own culture.... I am proud hindu first 🙏🙏

This movie has single handedly connect the missing dots throughout the length and breadth of this country and a slap on the face of all those who say we were united by the British. J Sai Deepak ji a big fan of yours. Thank you for your work.

J Sai - you spoke like a joyful, passionate, exuberant child today... loved that side of you.. I am 10000% sure next wave of leadership (cultural to narrative to art to civilizational to dharmic-intellectual to political) will come from south.. and you will be one of brightest stars in that galaxy..

I am from north India and when I see the vraah awtar scene I was crying at 3 am like hell and I was shivering and really don't what happened somthing from inside just shivering I was like 🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭 Merko nhi pta kya hua mai bs wo soch kr hi ajeeb sa ander se kch hil gya aur lg rha tha bs ro lu 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ 🙏🙏🙏

I've never seen J Sai Deepak this excited and happy. 😂

Kantara🕉 has a set another Renaissance storm not just in B.O, but also on Nation's Emotional, Traditional, Devotional , Cultural and Spiritual zone🙏👍

The reference he gave about Khandoba Dev is in Pune district, not Ahmednagar. But whatever he said about the deity is absolutely perfect. Great to have him again on the show. 💯🇮🇳

23:50 as someone who has been struggling to save our language and culture in our own city and state these words bring so much relief. Hope everyone realises and stop mocking our language food n culture inspite of living in our state

This is probably the best review of Kantara I have seen so far!

Raj B. Shetty gets the credits for the climax direction. Both of the are just the emerging stars of this country.

Kantara awaken all gram devata residing in the heart of Bhartiya masses.Their forms may be different in different part but cosmic energy is the one and the same nature. Good Job done by team kantara.

As a telegu i cannot express my experience after watching the last 30 mins If you are a movie lover you might get goosebumps

I'm a big fan of JSD sir. I saw him on TVs bashing left leftovers. But I didn't know that he is a movie lover. He's so excited about Kantara. JSD sir ❤💥🙏

I am presently reading “India that is Bharath” and this interview is mind blowing. I am from Mysuru and I too have watched the movie 2 times and it feels like it’s never enough. God Bless Shri Sai Deepak and Shri Rishab Shetty.