India Kantara returned 31.3× its production cost, earning $60.4M against a $1.9M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
“A Legend”
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?
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 27m runtime, production spent $13K per minute on screen and earned $411K per minute back.
Action + Adventure in India
67 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kantara itself).
The 2021–2023 India Window
Kantara holds position #37 of 237 India films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s India Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 108 titles released, including Kantara. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (322 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 107 other India films in 2022.
The 1912th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
64 audience reviews — more than 85% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #242 of 1,983 India films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #56 of 637 (top 9%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Kannada |
| Spoken Languages | Kannada, Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Hombale Films |
| Runtime | 2h 27m |
| Release Date | September 30, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt15327088 |
| Official Site | hombalefilms.com |