Rishab Shetty ends 'Kantara: Chapter 1' exactly where he's supposed to. Having written the story himself, he doesn't drag it -- instead, he leaves it on a high, building curiosity for yet another part in his successful mythology-action universe. But what really happens at the end of 'Kantara Chapter 1'? And is there really a scope for a third film in this world?

To answer these questions, one first needs to understand how 'Kantara: Chapter 1' differs from its predecessor, 'Kantara' (2022). Both films are set in the interior of Karnataka and explore the stories of divine spirits worshipped by the local communities.

The 2022 film, for which Shetty even won a National Award, centred on a community's struggle to protect its land and faith against powerful non-believers. In its prequel, while

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