Kantara: Chapter 1 is racing towards the Rs 400 crores mark at the box office. Rishab Shetty ’s movie has been hailed as a technical marvel with critics/fans loving the forest scenes and recreation of a lost era. Gulshan Devaiah and Rukmini Vasanth too are getting a lot of appreciation from the audience. Kantara: Chapter 1 is set in Tulu belt, which is the Mangalore region of Karnataka. We saw how some people came dressed as Daiva at the theatres, and even did the dance. Guliga and Panjurli are the daivas of Tululand holding immense sanctity for people of the region.

Hombale Films have issued a statement requesting people not to make reels on Daiva worship in theatres or other public spaces. We saw a few videos of people dressing up in the costume and doing the dance. It had reportedl

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