KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1 is the story of devotion and greed. The story is set more than a thousand years before the events of KANTARA [2002]. Berme (Rishab Shetty) lives in a jungle among villagers who worship the daiva. The kingdom of Bangra is located nearby and it... is ruled by Rajashekhar (Jayaram). As a child, he had witnessed his father being killed when he tried to usurp the land of the jungle residents and also the power of the daiva. Hence, he had a strict policy that his army shouldn't venture into the forest and harass its residents. But when his son Kulshekhar (Gulshan Devaiah) turns king, he makes several changes in the policy. He goes for a hunt in the forest. His army senses the presence of a divine being and they run away. Berme is angry with the king for his actions. He infiltrates the kingdom and causes chaos. This is when he comes across Kanakavathi (Rukmini Vasanth), the sister of Kulshekhar. Kanakavathi and Berme develop a soft spot for each other. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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