संवाद # 73 (भाग 1): J Sai Deepak on brilliance of Kantara & Rishab Shetty; Bhoota Kola in Hinduism

J. Sai Deepak is an engineer-turned-litigator, practising as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. he has been part of several landmark matters, such as the ones relating to the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and Basmati Geographical Indications.
India, That Is Bharat, his first book in a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. You can order your copy here: www.amazon.in/India-that-Bhar...
Sai's second book of the Bharat trilogy 'India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of Sandwiched Civilisation' is also out. Order your copy here: www.amazon.in/India-Bharat-Pa...

[@Vaad]

Part - 2 is now out. Watch here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3jKpHWKf7iKgNk

[@dharmicbro6555]

*KANTARA is a wake-up call to all Hindus* - the Indians, i.e. Bharatiyas (only non-converts and non-secular Hindus call themselves Bharatiya). Bharat is still infected by the invaders of the abrahamic/destructive/mafia mindset who - inspired by Quran/Bible - looted, killed, enslaved, converted millions here and now their byproducts continue to do the same, fully supported by namesake atheists belonging to communists ideology (brainwashed in schools/colleges/media/movies). Also watch out for those neo-Buddhists (which has nothing to do with real Buddhism and is full of Hindu-hatred) blind-believers of AIT(Aryan invasion theory), Aryan-Dravid myth which forms the base of anti-Hindu mindset. They are all our own people and will come back home only if we proudly identify ourselves as Hindus and explore the wisdom coming from our rich cultural roots of this Bhoomi.

[@shivaprakashmyname]

Some communists were making arguments that tribal religion is different from hinduism and Brahmins assimilated it with hinduism over time. This is incorrect if you hear the padDanas (oral and real time history of daivaa spoken directly from daivas through possesed hiumans). In punjurli padDanas clearly accepts that He was sent to earth from kaliasa during kaliyuga by Shiva and Parvathi. But communist historians argue that Shiva is originally dravidian God and Brahmins later introduced into Hinduism. But there are many other Gods of hinduism like Vishnu Parvati, Hanuman and many concepts of Hinduism like karma kailasa kaliyuga etc. If everything is assimilated with Hindism then there is no so called Aryan Gods. One more strong argument is that padDanas are oral stories tolrd over generation to generation. If it was written in manuscript then it can be interpolated by outsiders. But oral and real stories cannot be interpolated.

[@shalinins2445]

Last 15minuts of the film was directed by Raj b shetti another director a friend of Rishab shetti.

[@rao433]

@@shalinins2445 not last 15 mins, the Kambaļa race and Varāha Roopam song was directed by Raj Shetty (since Rishab was in Daiva costume).

[@av1421]

"Mani Ratnam ko bekar kar diya...Aamir hold my mike...kamal hasan hold my beer" @19:00 onwards. Brilliant!

[@karthikrao9000]

Before shooting the movie, rishabh shetty took the permission of Panjurli daiva. The daiva gave its permission by smearing its color on him. Shetty even turned vegetarian during the entire shoot since he wanted to be shuddha while depicting panjurli, a daiva that doesn't eat meat. Moreover, footwear was not used in the sets unless a shot demanded sandals to be seen. This is nothing short of a tapasya for him

[@yathishk8529]

He took permission from Dharmasthala.

[@prakxyz]

Ohh

[@anishkumarsahu8464]

Whatttt??? Vegetarian???? In that movie he eats meat so much in movie. Wtf is this logic??

[@prakxyz]

@@anishkumarsahu8464 as per your logic you will say, actors dont do potty

[@ramkrish_nayakk.v.4045]

@@anishkumarsahu8464 shoot of Daivaradhana not entire film (approx two months as said by rishab him self)

[@piyushbharadwaj3209]

Bhai ji mai uttar pradesh alighar se hu humare bhi gram devta hai aur bada mela lagata hai jisko' mata ki jaat' kehte hai gram devta bulaya jate hai bahut sundar mela lagta hai.

[@sudhirlavate128]

Bhai Maharaj का pic apke profile mein dekh ke bahoot anand mila❤️.

[@manjulahs5657]

Ae movie sabi bharathiyonka Dil jod Raha hai.

[@lonewolf8818]

Me gujrat se hu, aur yahan “mataji na mela.” kehte hain.

[@scooby5478]

Aligarh mein kaha bro...mein bhi vhi se hu

[@mrvipul15]

Prayagraj bro not ilaah billah

[@KVACarnaticMusicchannel]

I am a Brahmin from South Canara. Just to clarify, Brahmins have always revered and been a part of grama devatas, daivas, bhoota kolas, nagamandalas and such other rituals. These were never seen as being against their Vedic anushtana or poojas. Happy to see Saideepak bringing out this point brilliantly.

[@prakxyz]

Do Brahmins perform kula daiva pooja ?

[@bubbudonna1993]

@@prakxyz yes we do .

[@KVACarnaticMusicchannel]

Yes. We do. I remember my grandfather doing it. (Also, my grandmother's brother was a Nagapatri himself). My father also did it for a few years. But later we moved to cities and also the forests around my native place have been destroyed massively in recent years due to urbanisation. So unfortunately the connect with nature and daivas is much lesser now. The next generation of patris are all into modern education and corporate jobs. So, people following the tradition has gone down.

[@prakxyz]

@sujith Kumar 💩

[@ashkod]

I am a Brahmin from South Canara and not only we,but even the brahmin community in North Canara and part of Kerala believe and participate in Bhoota kola, daivaaradhane etc. We in our community also do Naga aaradhane dedicated to every family.

[@miteshsharma6285]

I am from Chhattisgarh, when I went to watch KANTARA, what is the most brilliant part of this movie is it attracting raw audience who believe and practice such ritual's. And they amaze by the fact that the rituals we practice have such a deep understanding. I must tell u, it is the Deva who is sending it's message to protect nature through "Rishabh Shetty".

[@Sanjaypatelxm]

छत्तीसगढ़ में बूढ़ा देव, ठाकुर देव और आदिवासीयों में बड़ा देव ये सब ग्रामीण देवता हैं जो कि छत्तीसगढ़ के हर गाँव में पूजे जाते हैं।

[@anjaligaundar8310]

True

[@shivaprakashmyname]

Some communists were making arguments that tribal religion is different from hinduism and Brahmins assimilated it with hinduism over time. This is incorrect if you hear the padDanas (oral and real time history of daivaa spoken directly from daivas through possesed hiumans). In punjurli padDanas punjurli daiva clearly accepts that He was sent to earth from kaliasa during kaliyuga by Shiva and Parvathi. But still communist historians argue that Shiva is originally dravidian God and Brahmins later introduced into Hinduism. This argument has no basis. Because there are many other Gods of hinduism like Vishnu Parvati, Hanuman in padDanas and many concepts of Hinduism like karma kailasa kaliyuga etc. If everything is assimilated with Hindism then there is no so called Aryan Gods in Hinduism. One more strong argument is that padDanas are oral stories tolrd over generation to generation. If it was written in manuscript then it can be interpolated by outsiders. But oral and real stories cannot be interpolated. Even bhagavad gita has a verse where Lodd Krishna tells that those who worship devathas very seriously with faith they will get swarga, those who worship forefathers (along with pitru devathas as far i know) get pitru lokha and those who worship bhutas wil become one with bhutas (this is what is shown in the last scene of the kanthara movie) Lord Krishna adds exception later that all of them have to return back to earth after somw after time but those who worship Him will get vaikunta and never return ro vaikunta. This means so called Dravidians worship God who work under main Gods of Hinduism. One is for mass and another is for class. In Puranas also you will find stories where Bhuta ganas of Shiva joining in war with asuras..

[@aravinetam4219]

@@Sanjaypatelxm bs Chhattisgarh m nhi pure india m mante h even in Karnataka telengana they all know about our gods

[@aravinetam4219]

@@shivaprakashmyname absolutely not tribal religion is different from Hinduism because tribals worships nature and everything which tribal worships is scientific not just hypothetical like others

[@praveenp5281]

Kantara is not just a movie. It's an experience of a lifetime🙏🙏🙏

[@tooruhlateable7584]

😭❤️👌great movie.

[@prashantsingh-yz4ls]

True

[@savithaanjje2328]

Not just experience....its a lesson that everyone must learn that God exists n protect his nature....corona is an example in the present day learning....

[@shivaprakashmyname]

Some communists were making arguments that tribal religion is different from hinduism and Brahmins assimilated it with hinduism over time. This is incorrect if you hear the padDanas (oral and real time history of daivaa spoken directly from daivas through possesed hiumans). In punjurli padDanas punjurli daiva clearly accepts that He was sent to earth from kaliasa during kaliyuga by Shiva and Parvathi. But still communist historians argue that Shiva is originally dravidian God and Brahmins later introduced into Hinduism. This argument has no basis. Because there are many other Gods of hinduism like Vishnu Parvati, Hanuman in padDanas and many concepts of Hinduism like karma kailasa kaliyuga etc. If everything is assimilated with Hindism then there is no so called Aryan Gods in Hinduism. One more strong argument is that padDanas are oral stories tolrd over generation to generation. If it was written in manuscript then it can be interpolated by outsiders. But oral and real stories cannot be interpolated. Even bhagavad gita has a verse where Lodd Krishna tells that those who worship devathas very seriously with faith they will get swarga, those who worship forefathers (along with pitru devathas as far i know) get pitru lokha and those who worship bhutas wil become one with bhutas (this is what is shown in the last scene of the kanthara movie) Lord Krishna adds exception later that all of them have to return back to earth after somw after time but those who worship Him will get vaikunta and never return ro vaikunta. This means so called Dravidians worship God who work under main Gods of Hinduism. One is for mass and another is for class. In Puranas also you will find stories where Bhuta ganas of Shiva joining in war with asuras..

[@alokthakur4168]

I am a Punjabi Hindu, and I am honestly admitting that I have minimal knowledge about the southern customs, rituals and traditions but while watching Kantara I never felt as if I was something from an alien culture, I deeply connected with the characters and their stories. Truly a masterpiece of a film.

[@suneetalva2997]

We all have these dormant codes in our DNA. Watching the movie activated them for us.

[@prakharmishra5736]

Punjabi hindu chutiye hain BC Khalistaani pele pade hai

[@user.337]

Bhai Hindu word given by outsiders call ur self Proud Sanatani 🙏

[@praveentiwaribrand779]

Bhai is movie bola h Vishnu bhagwan ka varha roop h

[@_bharathab5806]

@@praveentiwaribrand779 yes

[@vinitanegi6133]

I am a Hindu living in Maharashtra and native state Uttarakhand. I connected a lot with the Daiva concept as even in my native place we practice such rituals. I watched the movie 3 times and the experience was different every time. The last 30 mins are divine. For first time, tears rolled down and I offered my prayers to Daiva 🙏 Please watch it in theater.

[@shahzadpurambala3268]

Hi do you know about "golu devta" The movie made me think of gulu devta..

[@mrityu3353]

Jagar 🔥🔥🔥

[@vinitanegi6133]

@@shahzadpurambala3268 Golu Devata 🙏 को Uttarakhand में पुजा जाता है, खासकर कुमाऊँ क्षेत्र में। वे वहाँ के र्गाम देवता हैं।

[@deepblue3682]

try watch theyyam in kerala too... its soo similar with bhutakola in south karnataka.. infact varahamurthy is one of the major dieties in theyyam too.

[@user-ti8zv1zg7t]

I think all hindus that live in the Himalayas do have this local Devta thingy.. like devta coming into body and all..

[@TheRebellion]

And that scene where Panjurli holds the hands of the forest officer and brings the hands of the villagers together. How symbolic is this of the Daiva uniting the protectors of the forest with the people of the forest! Brilliance

[@shashikumarhs9283]

Superb observation. Very symbolic representation and the scene fills the heart with joy and moist eyes... ecstatic...

[@deepn2164]

So does that mean he is telling, he isn't going to be around anymore and will be united with his father ...

[@SujitVenu]

Fantastic observation….that was the scene …👍🏻

[@venkatsaikumar]

beautiful observation

[@prakashtiwari8003]

I am from Bihar and this is not limited to south india. In my village we have multiple local deities.

[@rao433]

This is Bhārat. We're all different(vesh, bhāsha) outside with very common roots.

[@patriot7285]

Absolutely 💯

[@JokerJoker-ix1vs]

Yes...that's what this movie come to reveal...it's our bharath...each part also have unique ness...we should Respect it and explore it in movies to others also knows somny beautiful colors f cultures r in our boomi... thats why bharath desh mahan...jai hind.

[@pankajkaushik5799]

Bharath ke har gav mein local deities hai.

[@pronoob0477]

same... I'm from a village in West Bengal...and it's so much relating

[@devchoudhary95]

मे जयपुर मे ये पिक्चर देख कर अब तक 10 लोगो को motivate करके ये पिक्चर दिखवा चुका हू।

[@ranaaaravbhati6725]

must stick to basics 🙏🙏🙏

[@thyagups]

This is one movie I rate as the best in my 60 years. Hats off to Rishabh Shetty for his brilliant masterpiece 👌👏

[@boejiden1524]

BASICALLY KANTARA MOVIE IS THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO HINDU CULTURE/ RELIGION/DHARMA TO A FOREIGN/ COCONUT INDIAN. THROUGHOUT INDIA ALL TOWNS, VILLAGES HAVE THEIR GRAMA DEVATA, KULA DEVATA ETC EVERYBODY KNOWS IT, BUT NOBODY BROUGHT THIS TO THE MAINSTREAM UNTIL 'KANTARA' CAME

[@attu6412]

True

[@vkp1426]

Absolute truth…time to forget superficial differences and become true sanatanis like our ancestors 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@satyamkumar7039]

A different perspective by Acharya Prashant. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqPVgYmirKyogKM

[@srinivasansubramaniam3629]

Rishab Shetty turned out to be everything that Indic audiences wanted so badly. Brilliant in his craft- Writing, Directing and Acting, Calm, Composed and Articulate in his interviews, Proud and Confident of his roots, and reflecting that in his storytelling. Hope he stays true to these attributes 🤞and makes more such great movies.

[@shruthi3922]

Very true..

[@aravindia]

next Bell Bottom 2 in making though he is not a director it

[@saptarshiadhikary3736]

Well Akash Banerjee Babu has also praised the cinema so boldly from the deepest corner of his heart.

[@piyush.pranjal86]

Hope people will let him do the wonderful job. We need to back him and his works with all our might.

[@AtulSharma-ki6jm]

..... it's not just Coastal Karnataka , this is a Hindu culture of Devta / spirit worshipfound in all communities of Hindus of India ... We need more movies like Kantara which can proudly show Hindu culture of diffrent parts of India 🇮🇳Hope our movie industries from the South wont let their movies polluted by bad influence of the Bollywood . Should not let Bollywood corrupt them . I hope they don't walk on suicidal path of Bollywood infiltration.... They should say no to Bollywood money coming in .......... Why this Bollywood actor who is a proven convict in terrorism case being taken in Kannada movie industry which is getting respect all over india 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 now ???

[@attrivideodiary6209]

I am Hindu from Haryana and after seen this movie I gain more respect toward my gran devta and kull devil and Kil devta 🙏🙏and yes also toward my ancestors in Haryana we make sathanak for them and pray always specially on mavash 🙏🙏they protect us and always guide us 🙏🙏

[@warrior7298]

I'm from ODISHA.I almost cried while watching When DEVTA used to posses The men.Rishav Shetty mesmerized and shackled my soul with is his climax performance.I am forever grateful to Him and all the KANTARA artists and film makers. THIS IS WHAT OUR SANATAN HINDU CULTURE US ,that connects us from KASHMIR to KANYAKUMARI irrespective of our colour,caste ,financial status.WE'RE bound to bow our head together. 🕉️🕉️🕉️🕉️🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@nikhilakr3729]

Rishab

[@bdeshpan]

Kannadigas express our heartfelt thanks to JSD👍👍🙏🙏 for what he said at 23:50

[@kumarik2893]

Yes best part kannada me dekhenge not kannad☺

[@manojkulkarni9083]

I request everyone to share their local deity(gram devata) ritual with kantara hashtags,let's get together we got great trigger to showcase our ritual publically 🔥💪🚩🙏

[@amitpratap7551]

Sanatan Dharma is unifying! Earlier I watched Ponniyen Selvam 1 in Tamil and could understand every sentence without knowing Tamil! Now I feel like watching all these movies in native Bhartiya languages ❤️❤️

[@mohann2289]

Bhagwan is already in earth so this is happening

[@Yagnaseni0909]

I'm from Tripura ( one of Ishaan-Bhartiya rajya) . I would say what a wonderful movie it was. I'm requesting please someday visit Tripura. Lots of similar kind of things you can experience here.

[@prasannagouda1828]

Great 👍

[@mavericksanta]

I am from the costal region of karnataka have grown up with what you saw. Amazed to see here that similar practice is followed across the country. What a beautiful country and dharma we have..!

[@attu6412]

Yes we do... I am from Maharashtra and our Kul Devi is Ma Bhavani. + since childhood I have seen my grandmother who used to get Deva in her body + my cousin brother and used to solve or give answers to question when questions were asked where Deva used to speak through them. We have seen and experienced this since childhood.

[@RM-vr7xb]

@@attu6412 🙏 you are blessed to have grown up seeing and experiencing that

[@snegi5699]

In our uttrakhand also ... We call it Jagar, Ghadiyal lagana

[@mavericksanta]

See, aur log bolte hain north south.. we may have different ways but are knotted with one strong string.. bas Bharatiya hain bhai.. so happy to see this.

[@AtulSharma-ki6jm]

.....it's not just Coastal Karnataka , this is a Hindu culture of Devta / spirit worshipfound in all communities of Hindus of India ... We need more movies like Kantara which can proudly show Hindu culture of diffrent parts of India 🇮🇳Hope our movie industries from the South wont let their movies polluted by bad influence of the Bollywood . Should not let Bollywood corrupt them . I hope they don't walk on suicidal path of Bollywood infiltration.... They should say no to Bollywood money coming in .......... Why this Bollywood actor who is a proven convict in terrorism case being taken in Kannada movie industry which is getting respect all over india 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 now

[@amansingh3297]

Any pahadi here, linking this whole conversation with JAAGAR and remembering Jagar's thali beat? 😇🙌

[@rachna369]

Yes, exactly...its totally relatable...❤️🙏❤️

[@kaushambikaira2058]

Yes yes yes.

[@harshvardhanpathak6372]

Yes bhai....same here

[@himanshunegi7835]

Same here

[@OnkarShrma]

👍😊

[@Insidebeautyno1]

I am from Uttarakhand and this movie made me cry thinking about my people and my dev 🙏🏼

[@ravibasera1]

Same here. Felt overawed by relating and recognising the subject with Devbhoomi Uttarakhand's Devta and their fierce and swift Justice.

[@amansingh3297]

yeah "JAAGAR"

[@abhisheksharma1019]

I am from Himachal and I can certainly vouch for the divinity portrayed in this movie as I have witnessed the Devtas comming in the human body with my naked eyes , this movie has taken the pop culture to another level , lifetime experience 🔥🔥, truly masterpiece, cannot agree more to what Sai Deepak said . 🙏

[@omshanti5885]

ha oza bhopaji bhuvaji kildevi kuldevta sthan devta lok devta etc sab Jajah per hei humne bhi dekha hei hamare bhi real direct anubhav hei

[@Exmuslim_Voice]

In Rajasthan we call it 'Bhav aana' when a spirit of Local devta enter into body of a person. Here, Tejaji, Bhomiya ji, Bheru ji, Pabu ji etc are some of the Lokdevtas who come into body of person and separate dances like Kola are performed. Village fairs are also organised as shown in the movie.

[@varnitpatel9829]

Same in mp

[@Chen-gl9hm]

True. I am Jain from Udaipur. But my kuldevta is Sonala Khetalaji.

[@swastik7439]

I am from Mangalore. When I was young our entire agenda during summer holidays was to watch bhoota kola in night. Everybody in our town irrespective of religion, caste we fear our daiva, we bow to our daiva and we enjoy these rituals. At such a young age we knew that our rich culture is Hindu, I am Hindu and I am a proud Hindu in all scenarios

[@Aakashputtur]

Irrespective of religion? Tulutaayene ata ee?

[@swastik7439]

@@Aakashputtur andhmbe

[@Aakashputtur]

@@swastik7439 pottel ninna , bete religion dakulu condom n stana d muttudu dakd poper randemaga nakulu,ain nikk mention manpere aapuja

[@swastik7439]

@@Aakashputtur andh daiva aik takka shikshye korther. Manthinaye saithe bokka oriyeg Marl pathdhand. Aven tudhe bethe dharma dakul podher, Waa byaversil uller pandh yaan tuthi naye.... Yenna rakthad hinduism undu. South Canara ed ove dharma dakul avad, akelna Kai yepala daivag mugiode Aanda ee randemaga pathernaga sarite patherla.

[@mreverything1354]

Undu! Undu enklena Kudlada janaklu 😎🙌

[@electricvish]

I belong to the Banjara community and we have very similar traditions, where the divine power enters the body of usually the eldest or someone who is pure during the Pooja. Villagers don't get scared but are full of devotion. Sometimes they say prophecies sometimes warnings. And we keep the boar teeth in the mandir and even though we are non-vegetarian community nobody was allowed near the devghar after consuming non-veg and my grandmother made sure of this. Edit: we say "maata aayi hai.." Translation: the divine mother is here

[@melonmusk11]

Mata navratri me bhi aati hai, n its literally divine to see devi near us ❤

[@owk9018]

माता आना बहुत जगा पे है, मै महाराष्ट्र मे से हू ओर हमारे यहा पे भी है

[@saptarshiadhikary3736]

@Vishal Rathod please inform me in which province of India does Banjara commune reside...??🙄🙄🙄

[@nrg1323]

@@saptarshiadhikary3736 Banjara's of India, basically nomadic wanderers,hail from Rajasthan, migrated to central and southern India, centuries back and settled in the states of maharashtra, AP, Telangana, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh and locally known by various names like Banjara, Lambada and lambadi etc. And they speak various dialects of Rajasthani.

[@shivamurthyshekhar5252]

@@nrg1323 We are in Karnataka also..huge number of us live here..Gor bhayin raam raami..

[@daljeet140177]

Arihant ji I am from Uttarakhand (Garhwal Division) and have been brought up seeing exactly what is depicted in Kantara and it’s so normal for us and the people there. It’s part of their lives. Every village has there local Daivs’ (called Debta in Garhwali), then there is one for a group of villages (tehsil or Patti) so on and so forth. I was so surprised to see Kantara and wondered how it’s so similar and how it’s disappeared and forgotten as villages become towns and towns become cities for e.g my UP friends have no clue what this is and are getting to know this concept first time

[@kavish008]

I have seen this movie yesterday and movie is excellent. There is no question of North South culture. I am from West India and this movie have refreshed my memories with my Lt. grandmother. When I was kid, she uses to tell me bedtime stories of our ancestor village. One of the stories was of Lord Kshetrapal dada. She told that when she was of my age (may be 5-6 years) she has experienced the presence of Lord kshetrapal (guardian of village and people). Lord use to guard the village in night and use to patrol on his white horse. They used to hear sounds of mystical bells ( ghungharoo ) tied on horse legs. No one tries to follow him or see him. As a kid I was amused by this and asked still he guards the village. She told yes but no one now experienced him after one incident. Once, a man tried to follow him and lord got disappeared at the outskirts of the village near riverbank. Now, at present there is very big temple build at the same place and whenever we use to visit our village, we use to take blessing of Lord Kshetrapal Ji. My father and uncle always narrated the incidents of thieves who never got success to cross the river before temple in taking stolen things out of village. Gramdevta , Kshetrapal or Panjurli is nothing new in our sanatan culture. Almost, every village or town in India have their Gram Devta. Majorly gram devatas are Gods like Hanumanji , Kalbharavji , or relative to supreme lord shiva. However, in many places gramdevta are goddess too. We have very reach culture, rituals and traditions in India. This is one of the stories of Kundapur village of udupi district. We have thousands of villages in India and each of the villages will have something to share. We need many more films like this.

[@piyushjaiswal9283]

Gram devtas are either portions or simply an aspect of major deities or sometimes even their ganas.

[@chaitanyans3185]

I have never seen Sai Deepak praise a movie so much. It is almost as if his analytical mind was stopped while watching the movie and got absorbed into it. -Proud Hindu from Karnataka.

[@banke1a1]

Kantara is a brilliant movie irrespective of which region it’s from. Tulu culture has been shown proudly but every single Bhartiya can relate with it. I’m a North Indian Punjabi and we pray to Maa Shakti. I’ve been in US for last 25 yrs but even than I member visiting 9 Devi temples and seeing similar practices with my own eyes which we use to call, “mata aa gayi” or “bhairav aa gaye”. I still believe in that and seeing Kantara took me back to my childhood.

[@jyotivyas9286]

Exactly

[@dkmanju]

I am KA..I thought Punjabis have lost all the indic roots due to Invasions ,good to hear there are some Hindus who are still practices Hinduism..

[@banke1a1]

@@dkmanju I may be Punjabi due to ancestral roots but we are Punjabi saraswat Brahmins. I’m proud of my lineage.

[@r.22r]

​@@dkmanju lots of punjabi hindus extremely true to their roots. Dont judge all punjabis based on the ones in cities. All people in cities, no matter the state, have sadly drifted away from their roots.

[@JatinSaini-rs8gy]

Even after more than a Month of it’s release date. Kantara is still running with 80-90% occupancy here in Sydney Australia. What a movie it was … rightly said by Deepak sir.. it’s a theatrical experience not the OTT. Must watch 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@paradoxsolitary3362]

In Maharashtra, our village has also some similar traditions like क्षेत्रपाळ, ग्रामदेवता(Guardian Deity) like Khandoba, Biroba, Mhasoba, Bhairavnath, Kalbhairav, Kalubai, Chilubai, Satwai, Waghjai and so on. Different villages have their different devtas as well as their legends/stories. Every year they are worshipped on events called Yatra/Jatra.

[@arihantjain8347]

I have started exploring my local bundelkhand and all the local culture kept alive. We had a similar concept of kshetrapals but we have forgotten them, Kantara is eye openers, glad it released in Hindi.

[@vikasit_vikas]

Where do you stay in Bundelkhand ? Which city , village ?

[@arihantjain8347]

@@vikasit_vikas Jhansi🙂

[@vikasit_vikas]

@@arihantjain8347 mahoba 🙏🙃

[@WhistleMaster]

Please travel around a let us all know about these traditions. Rest of the world needs to know!

[@Kuldeepsingh-vm7lo]

@@vikasit_vikas Panna (MP)

[@RM-vr7xb]

Wow, I am thrilled to read comments from Himachal, Bihar, Assam, Rajasthan, Maharashtra writing about similar 'daiva/devta' worship they practice. This is how Superstar Rajinikanth praised Kaanthara movie - 'The unknown is more than the known.’ 🙏

[@dalchandgarg8109]

Bro i am from tribal area of south rajasthan pure adivasi area kantara me jo dikhaya hai vo bilkul same hota hai hamare yaha

[@poornimasrihariprasad1820]

What Sadguru & J Sai Deepak talk of our culture & traditions..... Rishab Shetty shown it all visually, brilliantly🙏👌❤

[@vikramdafauti]

🙏👍 I am from Uttarakhand in all villages we have local " Ista Devta " and their is a celebration called " Jagar " in which Local Deity came into body of some Local people sometime randomly & sometime on a perticular person during this JAGAR celebration 🎉🎉

[@Krishna-lo9dt]

I have watched this movie 3 times in theatres. I'm going to watch it again for the fourth time. I'm not from Karnataka but I'm watching it in Kannada... I can't put into words how beautiful this movie is 🚩 Long live Sanatana Dharma. My favorite part is Varaha Roopam Bhoota-kola divinity. And the last 20 minutes is pure daiva shakti taking the audience into complete mesmerizing state 🚩🚩

[@prabhakargowda7158]

Im also going 4th time

[@Krishna-lo9dt]

@@BharatMataKiJaiiii yes agreed. The only other movie I watched three times in theaters was The Kashmir Files . 2022 has been a revolutionary year in terms of only Indic renaissance taking over the box office and collective consciousness. Be it The Kashmir Files, RRR , Karthikeya 2, Kantara or Rocketry. We have to be unapologetically Hindu and proud Hindus. Zero tolerance to any bullshit to Hindu dharma

[@attu6412]

I am from Maharashtra and our Kul Devi is Ma Bhavani. + since childhood I have seen my grandmother who used to get Deva in her body + my cousin brother too (we call in local Marathi language as VAAR AAL...meaning The deity has come into the body ) and they used to solve or give answers to question when questions were asked where Deva used to speak through them and at times Deva used to randomly say things which we used to follow ...which were kind of warnings ) We have seen and experienced this since childhood. We all can connect to Kantara ( Mind-blowing Devine Masterpiece ) 🙏

[@pradyumnadharmadhikari4070]

It is also like "angat yena", which means divinity has entered the body of a person. Person who carries that divinity, has different level of energy altogether, perfectly shown in the movie.

[@anand1311]

भावा जोरात अंधश्रद्धा होती ही आपल्याकडे! भानामती.. हे डेंजर होणारेय!

[@bani5105]

This Sai is saying same thing what i experienced I was crying because i saw my Muthadhugavamman in it. My ammam Temple is in Vaikom. I am so lucky we had witness Kathakali in my Amman Temple... I am crying when i writing this... I am blesssed.

[@aashishp007]

Sai deepaks commentary on "Kantara" clears all your doubts and gets you ready to face the leftist 😜. It's like a prep for IIT....bring it on🙏

[@bhabanishankarmohapatra9713]

Sir I am from Odisha and this type of culture also followed in our state.

[@jsr9642]

Same in Maharashtra n goa

[@rachna369]

Same in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh...both states are in north and its totally relatable..

[@Padmanabham.]

Jai Jagannath 🕉️🙏🏼☺️

[@uzochiokeke4328]

Jai Jagannath!

[@bhabanishankarmohapatra9713]

@@uzochiokeke4328 Jai Jagannath Swami 🙏🙏

[@vivekpmc1992]

Exhilarating!! I have witnessed my mother getting possessed displaying 100% same massaging expressions when I was hardly 10yrs old about 37 yrs back....100% my mother possessed Maa kali , within 30min she ate bucket of red China rose ,instructed a lot with similar movements as in kantara. My mother knows nothing....even today .( first time I watched similar...). I am from Bihar...kul devta and gram devta certainly exist , my personal experience. I am not uneducated, I am MD in medicine and practiced from UK to west Asia to Delhi, Lucknow....

[@blahblah05]

Its same in uttrakhand also Devta often enters people

[@servingitcold5107]

Wow! Very interesting

[@naird25]

It's a bliss to hear Sai Deepak sir speak. Here he is talking about Chottanikkara Devi Temple in Ernakulam, Kerala. You should be there to believe it 🤗

[@sssalgar]

I am from Karnataka and watched the movie twice , while watching your video feeling proud as our Kannada movie reaching all over Bharat. Thanks to Rishabh Shetty for giving us wonderful movie. Explanation and interaction between both of you is class .

[@thefunnyone9148]

Himanchal and Uttrakhand (called "Bhansi" in my village) have similar traditions to coastal karnataka this thrills me about the culture of Bharata

[@chiragk7399]

Not just that coastal Karnataka and Himachal-Jammu has many similar dishes in our cuisines too. 1)Patrode(CK) - Patrode(H) 2)Neerdose(CK) - Ankliya(H) 3)Buns(CK) - Babroo(H) 4)Annada (Anna=Rice) kesari bhaat(CK) = Meethe Chaval(H) 5)A special Kind of Dosa made using Patrode Batter(CK) - कतलू (H) 6)Paladya(Curd based dish) - Palda (H) 7)Mango based Himachali dishes like Mahni, Ambua are made in Coastal Karnataka too. 8)In Coastal Karnataka Mustard is used in Raita similar to Himachali Raita 9)In Coastal Karnataka Hindus follow Solar Calendar and celebrate new year on April 14th/15th and the festival is knows as "Bisu" or "Vishu". Bisu is also celebrated in both Jammu and Himachal regions. 10)Jammu region has significant Nagadevata worship just like in coastal Karnataka.

[@an1ketsharma]

@@chiragk7399 we have naag pooja also and most big temples are all naag temples

[@suneetalva2997]

@@chiragk7399 Arre waah! I didn't know this. Must visit Himachal soon! :)

[@Shiva-fm7et]

Bhai UP me bhi hota hai and ye almost har jagah hota hai Japan tak me jaha bhi devtao ka sthapna hai.

[@akshitdadhwal]

@@Shiva-fm7et bhai UP pe Mughals ka bhot zyada prabhav pda tha himalyas aur south India unse kaise bhi Bach gye

[@WhistleMaster]

It’s unbelievable that people from all over India are reporting of such traditions in their own regions! This is indeed a blessed civilization! May we thrive till eternity!

[@general9064]

Absolutely, ours is a daiva bhumi. Deities resided or still reside in many places of Bharat and if we don’t keep up with the practices we might lose them…

[@WhistleMaster]

Also makes me wonder, how much of such traditions the Middle East and the whole of the west lost b’cos of rabid Abrahamics? What a loss to humanity as a whole!

[@adithyapoojary7288]

Love from tuluva people from tulunadu😍 for this well knowledge d person of subcontinent culture history

[@ansitun]

I am from Orissa and I strongly connected with the movie. We too have a similar tradition in our village, called as Bagha Nacha - the Tiger dance, which was portrayed in the movie Katara and in the movie Garuda Gamana as well! 🙏

[@DharmaTruthDuty]

In coastal Karnataka or Tulunadu/Karanataka where this movie is based we also have the art form of “Pili Nalike” which means Tiger dance…. Goes to show how we are connected. Just separated by time :)

[@ihaveaboyfriendmeh1026]

I agree with both of you. I too cried in the climax. I am going to watch it for the 4th time. This movie should be played eternally in cinema theatres. I'm going to watch it in Kannadaaa

[@anilhalli5608]

As a kannadida It is so good to see that Sai deepak is talking about Our proud kannada movie and im also huge fan Sai deepak's ideology

[@pushkker]

Just saw #Kantara, although I knew what to expect but then what I saw was beyond believe and far beyond my expectations. It's not a movie, it's a Creation. Naman #RishabhShetty, the last 15 minutes was not just divine, Divine was there and I felt it.

[@Indianbybirth]

Have seen Sai Sir tearing the anti Nationals into pieces.. Delighted to see you Narrating the Epic Movie. A contrast Sai . A clean Summary of Kaanthara with your wise words. Good take away for everyone who is listening to this. Jai Hind Vande Mataram

[@samarth-robo]

We have grama devatas in Gujarat too. We usually refer to it as માતાજી આવ્યા / mataji aaye. Sadly growing up in a big city and a “modern” family I was discouraged from following these things. Movies like Kantara are a big eye opener. We need to reconnect with our Vedic and indigenous roots.

[@bijoyasengupta8843]

Please reconnect, it will do our nation good

[@KVACarnaticMusicchannel]

Very true. We need to think and put an end to this large scale destruction of nature in the name of modernity. There can be no culture without nature.

[@manjulahs5657]

Pls reconnect to ur roots

[@smitapatel2329]

Right i am also from gujarat we have also gram devi we called her gam toda na mataji sorry for bad english.

[@av1421]

When I was little "માતાજી આવ્યા / mataji aaye." (Divine female spirit entering the female body of locals) was very common occurance. Every street had someone having માતાજી આવ્યા / mataji aaye enter the body. Kumkum falling down from the forehead etc. We would go and witness it.

[@thakurnishant1]

Part 1- I am from Kullu Himachal Pradesh.. Our Kul Devta is Kaurvas , Pandvas . We call Kauravas as Kaila Veer and Pandvas as Panch Veer. Everytime there is a function related to our Kuldevta .We have a Gur or Shaman who conveys the message of the devta to the people. Part 2- We have Maa Chamunda as our village deity. She has different shaman. When there is a festival or she is invited by people to there home there also her message is conveyed by the gur or shaman. We have a festival every third year we call it Kahika. In this festival a guy (called as Naud) is brought back from almost death. He is in state of trance. In a way he is Murchit (May sound weird but this is what it is).The Naud is given Panchratna which is a custom here which is given to a person who dies here in mountains. Now his body is wrapped in white clothes like a dead body and is now carried to a field (Khet) which belongs to Maa Chamunda where many shamans of different deities of different places are accompanying the Naud. At this moment these Shamans or Gurs are in a state where dieties are possessing them. In a way the shakti is travelling alongside the dead guy. In this field there is a stone where is kept and some puja is performed. The Naud is now carried back by people to Maa Chamunda temple and now all the shamans are trying him to bring back to life. Within few minutes he is seen standing and running for air to breath. If Naud is not brought back to life everything Maa Chamunda has will be given to Naud's family.All money, gold etc everything. If you want to know you guys can search for Kahika festival of Kullu.

[@AkashRaj-lb1fg]

Thank you so much for writing this..I m from Tamil Nadu..we follow our local village ritual more or less the same way you explained once in 4 years, our goddess Mariamman is Dhurga ma or Kali as known in North as you mentioned Chamunda ma in Kullu..we are so disconnected by distance and language yet so connected culturally..greatness of Sanathan Hindu Dharma is yet to be discovered and thank God our Indian society has just started that journey, we don't even know 1% of the whole base code till now 99% is pending hope our future generations will explore more and remove language, geographical and psychological barriers

[@thakurnishant1]

@@AkashRaj-lb1fgThanks anna. Very well said. May Shakti bless you.

[@TheDoc4kids]

There is a festival in Bangalore which is similar to your local deity worship. It is called Karaga, where a man dressed as Devi Draupadi, carries the heavy karaga on his head, dancing all the way in a procession. He is accompanied by Veera Kumaras with open swords in their hands, and it is said that they would cut off the Karaga bearer's head should the holy karaga fall to the ground during the long dance, because of some impurity of body or mind on the part of the karaga bearer. However, it has never happened in living memory that the karaga haa fallen ! The central Bangalore gets choked on Karaga day with hundreds of thousands of devotees throng the streets to participate in the procession.

[@hacks398]

@@TheDoc4kids karaga is popular in Karnataka. I have see a lot about it in news. I am from north karnataka. I didn't even know about bhootkola. I thought its just yakshagaana when I saw movies like rangitharanga, Vikrant Rona. But after watching film, i watched some youtube videos about bhootkola explaination. And I understood a lot about it.

[@indianindian7746]

Wonderful narrative..Thanks for the beautiful explanations and facts..

[@rohitpanwar1100]

I come from Uttarakhand and can relate to every single bit of the movie and I’m really grateful to Rishab shetty and team for creating this masterpiece.. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@vaidikpathanugami7971]

This are traditional folk cultures of Mangalore, Tulunad & even Goa , just that in Goa it's celebrate in somewhat different way. I literally got cry out when that last scene starts, must watch in theaters, as an South Western we can relate it very well. This is art of our Coastal culture, it's not just about Beaches as North indian people's thinks of us.

[@mugdhaapte5729]

Its also exist in maharashtra.. we call them rakhandar

[@Prashaantdadmode]

Deepak ji full respect from Karnataka. You have actually told in your words what all people like us think in our minds and cannot express in words. Lots of love and support from Hubli Karnataka

[@a_c555]

It really feels good to see Sai so chilled out, happy and going ga ga about our cultural roots.. We love our roots which is basically same all over

[@decodingmyroot]

This is his happy place

[@bharathipai5338]

I am big follower of sai Deepak wstching in this mood

[@decodingmyroot]

@@bharathipai5338 me too

[@priyadarshini.m5684]

U read my mind.. never seen him in such chilled mode or smiling or laughing.. glad this interview happened.. to his other side as well...

[@a_c555]

@@priyadarshini.m5684 absolutely

[@shruthichalla1820]

Never seen jsd so happy and in cheerful mood talking abt a movie...love to see him this way🤩🤩

[@bbm1104]

We tulunadu people feels happy and glad that finally whole India recognized our beautiful Thanks a lot to Rishab shetty who Made us proud

[@anvithks9949]

Yesss, we tulunadu people are always proud of our routes..❤️ Swami ajja..❤️

[@aadilansari5997]

We now know that even Tulunadu is full of Hindutva communal fundamentalist.

[@divakarkldivakarkl9832]

@@aadilansari5997 cry more

[@sureshbendigeri9642]

@@aadilansari5997 - Thank God, Tulunadu doesn't have many takers for "Sar Tan Se Judaa" type of Rakshasas! Most of the people in Tulu/Konkan belt believe in "Deiva" & not the "cut-throat" Devils/shaitans!

[@jai_tulunad]

​@@aadilansari5997 cope kar mulle

[@sunilrathod3811]

Great analysis by Eminent people.. KANTARA is a masterpiece of SANATAN HINDUISM... Jai Hind and Vandemataram. ⛳🇮🇳

[@SlkIndia]

Even in hyderabad people were folding there hands in theater last 15 min .. I literally started crying I couldn't figure out why was I crying.. such a divine experience being kanadiga it feels proud wen other state people connect with local culture.. that's the beauty of bharath unity in diversity ❤️ 👏

[@SHIVANISHARMA76448]

I am from north India and when I see the vraah awtar scene I was crying at 3 am like hell and I was shivering and really don't what happened somthing from inside just shivering I was like 🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭 Merko nhi pta kya hua mai bs wo soch kr hi ajeeb sa ander se kch hil gya aur lg rha tha bs ro lu 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ 🙏🙏🙏

[@sunilasi]

When I was small boy in 1985 we used to live in very small then aadivasi area called Panchmahal, Gujarat where every Holi we used to go to "Chul Mela" in which people walk on fire nice and slowly without having any damage to their body under the influence of Mataji and their tremendous faith. While watching Kantara, i went back 35 years and cherished all those memories...🙏

[@nishant3378]

Timli

[@prashantdwivedi5691]

I watched it in a single screen theatre in Prayagraj, and audiance gave a standing ovation after the movie was finished. Surreal experience 😱

[@aadhu26]

Sir, I watched 4 times and still want to experience the amazing moments in the theatre 🙏 Hatsoff to the movie making team 👍 God bless them

[@charanshetty4530]

Sai Deepak sir bayalli namm kantara bagge bandide andre we kannadigas are grateful to u sir.

[@harmindersinghyadav9171]

Wooow seen kantara twice & will see it again. Every Indian should see it in a cinema hall. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@avinashbaghel4411]

Same rituals are also followed by tribes of chhattisgarh.#kantara rocks🔥🔥🔥

[@ManishJain-ze6yi]

Sabhi acting direction story ko mahtwa de rahe he lekin ek aur sabse best parts ko miss kar rahe he WO HE SANGIT MANTRAMUKT KARNE WALA AUR LAST KA TO AMAZING😍

[@nikhilakr3729]

23:50 as someone who has been struggling to save our language and culture in our own city and state these words bring so much relief. Hope everyone realises and stop mocking our language food n culture inspite of living in our state

[@getchandrumn1]

This movie has single handedly connect the missing dots throughout the length and breadth of this country and a slap on the face of all those who say we were united by the British. J Sai Deepak ji a big fan of yours. Thank you for your work.

[@ygcg8696]

Kantara is in my language Kannada. Also a truly rooted " Indie experience" in the true sense! Charvaakas too would acknowledge that the deep rooted faith of locals acts as a bridge between man and nature and eventually protecting both as a result! Rishabh carries the faith of the character he created and therefore he is so mind boggling and convincing while enacting the role! Masterpiece. MUST watch! 👌

[@suryasen7]

Don't bring those Obnoxious carvakas into every discussion.

[@ygcg8696]

@@suryasen7 Who You ? All are equal in having opinions . This is India . Not Arabia ! 😡

[@sureshanchan3697]

Oh my goodness, how could I not come across this channel or this brilliant man on the other side.Take a bow Mr J Sai Deepak, I am bowing down humbly. Being from Mangalore, it felt really really special & proud. Born & brought up in Mangalore, I have lived everything which has been shown in the movie. Take a bow for such a detailed interpretation, take a bow, pls take a bow, more n more power to you..

[@sas2061]

In the beginning of movie when varaaha roopam played i experienced peace,goosebumps,emotional,blessed,happy....all at once ...cannot describe it

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

I'm from coastal karanataka region. And i have nostalgia of going to bhoota koola ceremonies in the middle of the night

[@shivam00668]

मैं उत्तर प्रदेश के अयोध्या जी का हूँ , हमारे यहां कुल देवता , ग्राम देवता और क्षेत्रपाल की पूजा होती है, और भुताकोला कि तरह हमारे यहां का भी ट्रेडिशन है "देवता आना" , उसमे भी लोग यू ही "ट्रांस" मोड में चले जाते हैं।

[@rachna369]

Same here in our village, i hv watched it myself...

[@hearticulture6903]

Brilliantly discussed. Hinduism is a way of life, the path which is unique doesn't affect others and takes everybody long

[@just4usantu]

ಪರಿಸರದೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಬದುಕು.ತುಂಬಾ ಸೊಗಸಾದ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ.... ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹಿಂದಿ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ತುಂಬಾ ಇಷ್ಟ. ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗನಿಂದ ತುಂಬು ಹೃದಯದ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು,🍫💐🥰Our life with the environment. Your impression is very elegant.... I like your Hindi video very much. Once again a heartfelt thank you from Kannadiga,🍫💐🥰

[@mna5484]

Kantara- Masterpiece of Bhartiya Cinema. Universities must encourage students to write Thesis.

[@nishantshrivastav9368]

They do propaganda be aware

[@luckykhaitan]

Some stories are told by Gods themselves, Humans are just the medium and we are blessed to have Rishab Shetty ji amongst us.

[@nitinmahadeva6197]

You are right .... I m agree with you

[@sanatanikannadiga]

I'm a big fan of JSD sir. I saw him on TVs bashing left leftovers. But I didn't know that he is a movie lover. He's so excited about Kantara. JSD sir ❤💥🙏

[@sureshpolali8685]

Legendary SAI DEEPAK sir .. Your explanation is brilliant -- Yes -- Government came much later and we native Mangalorean nurtured our area so beautifully since ages -- I am native of Mangalore and know these things first hand -- British gave tons of land to Cristian missionaries in Mangalore 8 KM stretch is still there in Mangalore ( BENDOOR TO MARGAN GATE ) is mostly with Christian institutes -- St Aloysius College which is having more than 10000 acre of prime land at heart of Mangalore -- Basel Mission was very active in Mangalore -- YET DESPITE ALL THESE -- Mangalore remained bastion of HINDUTVA because of these strong traditions which are there for ages -- Along with this BHOOTHARADANE ( Which KAANTHARA movie depicted) we have one more very strong medium which is YAKSHAGANA which kept Hindus together and even other religion people also getting attracted towards that ( In YAKSHAGANA We show stories of Ramayana Mahabharata etc..) Coastal Karnataka has unique practices which are perhaps not there in other parts of Karnataka itself ( may be northen Kerala might have similar thing ) .

[@lostashmish]

J Sai - you spoke like a joyful, passionate, exuberant child today... loved that side of you.. I am 10000% sure next wave of leadership (cultural to narrative to art to civilizational to dharmic-intellectual to political) will come from south.. and you will be one of brightest stars in that galaxy..

[@lostashmish]

and yeah like some southern movies - all those leadership attributes too will be Pan-Bharatam :)

[@RajeshKumar7179]

Sai Deepak's observation is brilliant on this movie and I think as he is from south, the emotion that I see he displayed during this review is exactly similar to what I have. These are my Native stuff so you might see me describing it quite passionately here. I have seen lot of reviewers of Kantara even mentioning that there is a excellent Horror sequence in this movie. Countless time I had to correct those reviewers that, Bhai this is not a Horror movie. This is about Devine spirit of Kaluruti Panjurali (Devine Boar, Varaha Avatar) & Guliga. Ofcourse they accepted my suggestion later and apologies for the incorrect description and frankly I don't blame them as they are not aware about it and the Presence of Guliga is actually intense in real life. I have seen it personally also when they do some supernatural act. You can see it in their eyes that the Vessel (The Human who is possessed) is actually in fainted state and whatever act you see him doing in the possessed state is the Devine presence. One observation on the Movie during the Varaha Roopam song they translated the word Bootha as Demon in english, which was wrong. Actually the word Bootha when translated to english means Spirit or Ghost, hence the confusion I think, Actually it means Devine spirit. But my point is when you have faith and belief in our Sanatana Dharma you will never be spooked by Devine presence and that's what was described in the movie when king hears the Anklet sound coming from Jungle, he is not spooked by it. Infact he experiences Parental love and intense emotion. Also Sai brilliantly highlighted so minute details such as when Shiva is full on possessed by Devine spirit of Guliga, we can see that spark in his Mothers eyes and Villagers literally Bow down and accepts that Devine presence. They are not spooked by it as they have faith in it. A little bit of background on Guliga is that he was born with Intense Hunger and he is derived from Lord Shiva himself. He starts devouring anything that comes in his path, He even emptied the entire ocean of vaikunta and Lord Vishnu had to put his little finger in guliga's mouth to curb his craving. That's how intense Guliga is and that is what you see in the movie. The villagers immediately identify that it is the presence of Guliga in Shiva's body and they know that it will start devouring anything, hence they immediately offer him Puffed Rice sack and Guliga start's consuming it. I have seen it in real life the vessel who is possessed by Guliga devours an entire Live chicken. Hence people will immediately bring Puffed Rice sack & White pumpkin to control it's hunger. Sometime it will run so ferociously and usually towards the jungle and during such Kola there are some hefty men there to prevent it running away. I have seen 15 hefty men sweating & struggling to stop it running away from pandal and even in some cases it runs away and villagers will then follow it. Guliga can't stand injustice and he is the swift deliverer of Justice. Looking at the 15 min climax of the movie you can understand what I mean. In real life also if you are present in the Kola during the possessed state he can identify people who are following wrong path and he will warn them to take righteous path or else it will punish them and in some cases we can also see it will pull out people and start punishing them with a stick like a Father who discipline his kids. Also, Kaluruti Panjurali & Guliga are considered siblings, that was not the case in the beginning though. When they first met, they had intense battle and created immense destruction and Mata JalaDurga had to console them and order them to stop fighting and live like siblings. Due to immense respect for Mata they immediately stopped fighting and started living like siblings henceforth. At many places they are both worshipped together, hence you can see the reference of them both in the movie. On one instance in the beginning of the movie the Vessel who was taken over by Kaluruti Panjurali mentions that even if he forgives, Guliga won't due to it's nature of giving swift justice. Also when Shiva's father runs towards Jungle and disappeared, he was possessed by Kaluruti Panjurali during that time. At the end Shiva was possessed by Guliga and he could hear the Anklet sound during his possessed state and runs towards the jungle to meet his father. When they meet, they do exactly as Mata JalaDurga ordered, live happily like siblings and you can see them dancing in joy and disappear at the end. These spirits are Shiva Gana's, Kaluruti Panjurali & Guliga are considered one of the oldest in Tulunadu history and they were sent by Lord Shiva himself to protect the Villagers and People in need and Steer them away from doing bad deeds and bring them to righteous path. so there is no fear for these Devine being and usually these spirits are first stepping stone for us to reach the Lord themself, so you can't deny their importance. You know why we call Lord Shiva BoleNath, because he takes care of everyone, the one who worship him and also that one who don't and the poor one's who can't reach his divinity directly, hence he creates multiple path for us to reach him. These Rituals are part of our Hindu Dharma and people who are telling that these are superstition don't have an ounce of knowledge about Hindu dharma. One other thing I would like to highlight here is in Karnataka especially in Mangalore area people have become modern nowadays, but they are still connected to their roots and external distraction have never diverted them away from their roots. I could say this very proudly being from there. One important thing that I observed in this movie about Sanatana dharma is that it unites everybody. I have seen people from east, west, north, south getting united even though though they don't have an ounce of knowledge about these rituals, but they are still drawn together and united. That's the beauty of our Sanatana Dharma. We might be talking about Rishabh's brilliance here but I am preety sure this is all Devine being that guided him to do this movie and bring us all together. I am preety sure Rishab will also accept this.

[@AnkitKadyan]

You have explained a lot of things very well. Specially the point that it was Guliga and not Panjurli that possessed Shiva. Well done. I watched it today. Absolutely brilliant. Indeed Rishabh had blessings from Daivas to create such fine art.

[@RajeshKumar7179]

@@AnkitKadyan, much appreciated

[@rashmiaryagurjar4558]

Dev ko naman

[@shubhamyadav8484]

Thanks a lot for this comment bhai! I have taken screenshots of this. Informative and well written!

[@RAMADEVI-oc3vm]

Such a loooooong comment !!!! Really appreciate your dedication, sincerity and love for Hinduism

[@DineshKumar-ih1df]

Very well explained by sir sai deepak and u too bro.. Lots of love from bangalore 🙏🙏🙏🥰 jai shri Raaam🚩🚩🚩🚩 🙏🙏🙏

[@ChannelAyurvedaGauhar]

Born as a Punjabi Hindu, i stayed in Udupi for my studies for three years. I got first hand exp of Bhootkola. Goosebumps. Amazing film

[@shivamumbai1]

Kantara awaken all gram devata residing in the heart of Bhartiya masses.Their forms may be different in different part but cosmic energy is the one and the same nature. Good Job done by team kantara.

[@saleelapatkar732]

Perfectly said!

[@nrapenacharya1610]

I have respect for J Sai Deepak and it is upon his public suggestion that I went to watch it. Gratitude for such a suggestions. Have seen it twice. Would soon go for the third time. The cinematic experience is Divine. Once in a lifetime opportunity. Must Watch. Must Watch. Must Watch.

[@005vicious]

My family is from Kannuj and Bundelkhand regions and I can tell you that every region of this country is filled with such indigenous practices woven brilliantly into the Hindu pantheon. I have seen Kul Devi/ Devta Pooja, regional festivals and celebrations on similar lines. And forget Indians my white friend who has very little idea about Hinduism, but no idea about the regionals practices and eve she loved it. She wants to see it again on her laptop to maybe pause and research more about it and understand the movie better. But I am glad that the Telugu community in my city made sure the film was screened specially so that all of us could watch it on big screen and I hope it plays in the theatres in north for a few more months so that I can visit India and watch it again in Hindi with my family. Kantara is truly a legend of a movie!

[@kulranjanrao]

In Himachal we have a very strong Devta Culture. As said in the video it has made me more connected to my Devta ❤️ Literally the Devtas speak to you through Gur(Medium) and the movie gave me the same experience.

[@manojbishtvlog8537]

Very true bro same Devta come in our Uttarakhand

[@chiragk7399]

Not just that coastal Karnataka and Himachal-Jammu has many similar dishes in our cuisines too. 1)Patrode(CK) - Patrode(H) 2)Neerdose(CK) - Ankliya(H) 3)Buns(CK) - Babroo(H) 4)Annada (Anna=Rice) kesari bhaat(CK) = Meethe Chaval(H) 5)A special Kind of Dosa made using Patrode Batter(CK) - कतलू (H) 6)Paladya(Curd based dish) - Palda (H) 7)Mango based Himachali dishes like Mahni, Ambua are made in Coastal Karnataka too. 8)In Coastal Karnataka Mustard is used in Raita similar to Himachali Raita 9)In Coastal Karnataka Hindus follow Solar Calendar and celebrate new year on April 14th/15th and the festival is knows as "Bisu" or "Vishu". Bisu is also celebrated in both Jammu and Himachal regions. 10)Jammu region has significant Nagadevata worship just like in coastal Karnataka. And also "Rao" is one of the famous surnames of coastal Karnataka Brahmin communities. 🤪

[@kulranjanrao]

@@chiragk7399 Beautifully explained Bhai!

[@satyamkumar7039]

A different perspective by Acharya Prashant. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqPVgYmirKyogKM

[@akshayshetty1299]

Kantara🕉 has a set another Renaissance storm not just in B.O, but also on Nation's Emotional, Traditional, Devotional , Cultural and Spiritual zone🙏👍

[@sagarviswanathan1956]

Kantara is a masterpiece which took us all back to our roots and culture. The customs may vary but the ultimate goal is spiritual. Instead of looking for differences we should see similarities among us and this film has proved that we Sanatan Hindus can come together. The climax of the film brought tears in my eyes. The entire team of this film deserves our support and appreciation 🙏🏻. Jai Bharat

[@SethiGaneswar]

After watching Kantara I was speechless and till today the music is not at all going from my mind. For sometime I felt like some energy was entered to my body and felt goose bumps. I am from Odisha and we also have a similar culture in Summer they walk on fire. When I was 10 yrs old someone had hold me and walked on fire. Its already 30 yrs passed but I have remembered that scene. So we as Hindu are united and the beautiful thing is some or the other parts of our country we have lots of beliefs and lots of festivals. Always There is significance for all our cultures. I truly bow down to Rishabh Shetty and his as a brilliant team for their contribution towards our Indian society by making KANTARA.

[@ashirbadarundash1166]

Raj B. Shetty gets the credits for the climax direction. Both of the are just the emerging stars of this country.

[@ethanhunt2620]

Raj B shetty only choreographed last bhoota kola scene, not the climax action.

[@narendraprasad7262]

I am presently reading “India that is Bharath” and this interview is mind blowing. I am from Mysuru and I too have watched the movie 2 times and it feels like it’s never enough. God Bless Shri Sai Deepak and Shri Rishab Shetty.

[@sunilvishwakarma488]

नमस्कार भइया आप दोनो जन को 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ कांतारा फिचर बहुत ही सर्वोत्तम है जय । वराह भगवान की 🙏🙏🙏🙏⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@ps-er9sm]

I am from Madhya Pradesh & the concept in Kantara was not new to me, that means Sanatan culture is the same all over India with some variation due to regional differences or language. BUT, we all are one 🙏 BTW, watched movie in Kannada ❤️

[@rachna369]

North ke hain ham bhi, uttarakhand ke har village me, hamare apne village me devta hote hain aur manyata hai ki wo poore gaanv ki raksha kerte hain, jagran me kuch logon mein kuch seconds ke liye darshan kerte hain log. Plz dont say ki ham north ke hain, hamara isse koi relation nahi, hamara bahut deep relation hai, isiliye iss movie se itna connect ker paye hain by heart...iss ek sentence ke alava the discussion was super awesome ❤️🙏 I loved the movie, really running out of words to describe my experience watching the masterpiece

[@pdab5550]

tore word and feeling here too in bharath desh south west costal side

[@Vaad]

You misunderstood Rachna Ji. And clearly you are not alone. I didn't mean I didn't connect with the movie or what's shown but was simply underlying the fact that the people like me in the north may not have any connect with the particular Daivas in Kantara (gram devata or kula devata) but the fact that they still loved the movie shows that all Sanatanis may be different on the surface but are same at the roots.

[@rachna369]

@@Vaad Thank you for clearing it out. Yes, we all sanatanis have same roots. Wonderful session I must say. 👍🙏