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?
The 2021–2023 India Window
237 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kantara sits at position #37.
The 2020s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kantara premiered. 322 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 27m runtime, production spent $13K per minute on screen and earned $411K per minute back.
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 |