Kantara (film)
Kantara (film) Kantara Theatrical release poster Directed by Rishab Shetty Written by Rishab Shetty Produced by Vijay Kiragandur Starring Rishab Shetty Kishore Achyuth Kumar Sapthami Gowda Cinematography Arvind S. Kashyap Edited by K. M. Prakash Pratheek Shetty Music by B. Ajaneesh Loknath Production company Hombale Films Distributed by KRG Studios Release date 30 September 2022 Running time 150 minutes Country India Language Kannada Budget ₹ 16 crore [1] Box office ₹ 597.68 crore [a] Kantara ( transl. Mystical Forest) is a 2022 Indian Kannada -language action thriller film [20] [21] written and directed by Rishab Shetty , and produced by Vijay Kiragandur , [22] under Hombale Films . The film stars Shetty as a Kambala champion who is at loggerheads with an upright forest officer, Murali (played by Kishore ). Set and filmed in Keradi in coastal Karnataka , principal photography began in August 2021. [23] The cinematography was handled by Arvind S. Kashyap, with