Anand Gandhi on Kantara: It’s nothing like Tumbbad, celebrates ‘poisonous masculinity’

Rishab Shetty’s Kantara has obtained an enormous thumbs-up from the viewers. The movie is liked by everybody and all genres. The Kannada blockbuster has been in contrast with the Hindi horror movie Tumbbad by many. However it appears to be like just like the artistic director and co-producer of Tumbbad, Anand Gandhi is just not impressed with the comparability. He has criticised the movie saying that it’s “nothing like” his movie. He additionally talked about that Kantara celebrates “poisonous masculinity and parochialism.”

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Anand took to Twitter to share his views on the movie. “Kantara is nothing like Tumbbad. My concept behind Tumbbad was to make use of the horror as an allegory of poisonous masculinity and parochialism. Kantara is a celebration of those,” he tweeted.

To notice, Tumbbad was launched in 2018 and it’s movie directed by Rahi Anil Barve. Starring Sohum Shah within the lead function as Vinayak Rao, it follows the story of his seek for a hidden treasure within the Twentieth-century British India village of Tumbbad, Maharashtra.

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Filmmaker Abhiroop Basu additionally criticised Kantara. He advised ETimes, “I really feel it’s a mockery of anybody’s intelligence. Poorly made, regressive, loud, replete with tropes, no actual character to root for, so-called plot twists seem dishonest and merely function gimmicks, the protagonist’s redemption arc is laughable and by the point the movie reaches the a lot talked about climax, I’m not actually anymore.”

Directed by Rishab Shetty, Kantara was launched on September 30. Set within the fictional village of Dakshina Kannada, the movie story follows the character Shetty (Rishab). He’s enjoying a Kambala champion and has a faceoff with an upright Forest Vary officer. Produced by Hombale Movies, Kantara stars Rishab Shetty, Pramod Shetty, Achyuth Kumar, Sapthami Gowda and south actor Kishore within the lead roles.