Kantara is the story of Shiva, the Kambala champion from the village of Kaadubettu. He has several bad habits like drinking, gambling, and petty fights, despite hailing from a family of priests, who perform Bhoota Kola every year to pray to a Demi-God Panjurli. He came in loggerhead along with the rest of the village with the new forest officer Murlidhar, tasked to define forest reserves and stop the villagers from exploiting forest resources. That leads to several ups and downs in Shiva’s life and an extraordinary climax.

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