Wooooooaaaav! The signature cry of humans infused with godly powers turned Rishab Shetty’s Kannada-language Kantara (2022) into a national phenomenon. In Kantara: Chapter 1 , Shetty goes back in time for the origin story of the roar.

Centuries ago, during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty, the ruler of the Bangra kingdom makes the mistake of straying into the sacred Kantara forest. That man’s son, Rajasekhara (Jayaram), stays clear of Kantara, as does his son Kulashekara (Gulshan Devaiah) and daughter Kanakavathi (Rukmini Vasanth).

Instead, Kantara comes to Bangra. Forest dwellers led by Berme (Rishab Shetty) travel to Bangra to learn the secrets of the kingdom’s wealth, military prowess, mastery over iron – and trade. In the Bangra marketplace, Berme finds Arab and Portuguese spi

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