Kantara’s Leela, Sapthami Gowda, has an appreciation post for her Shiva, Rishab Shetty

The film, which released in theatres on September 30, has been adjudged a divine blockbuster and is going strong at the box office even in week 3

Rishab Shetty and Sapthami Gowda in Kantara

For Sapthami Gowda, Kantara is only her second film ever. The actress, who made her film debut with director Soori’s Popcorn Monkey Tiger, opposite Dhananjaya, had a relatively smaller role in that film. So, in that sense, Kantara was her first as a lead heroine. Sapthami plays Leela in the film, Rishab Shetty’s character Shiva’s love interest. But what makes her character even more interesting is that Leela is a forest guard, who is torn between her official duty and her loyalty to the village she hails from.

Since its theatrical release, Kantara has been having a dream run at the box office, which is continuing even in week 3 and the same is being replicated in all the other markets it released last weekend in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Overwhelmed with the reception to the film and her character, Sapthami, who is just back from a whirlwind tour of promoting Kantara in its Hindi, Telugu and Tamil versions, took to social media with a note of gratitude for Rishab.

She wrote, “When I was first approached for this project I had no idea about how this character would look on screen or even the name of the movie. But, just the excitement of getting to work with the super talented Rishab sir and his team made me want to be a part of the project with all of my heart '#Kantara'. After the first script reading, during my workshop stages is when I knew that Leela will remain forever special to me and I'm blessed to get the chance to put life into the character. I’m so thankful to you for giving me this opportunity and choosing me to play Leela. Hope I've filled life to Leela the way that you had imagined. Thank you for giving me such a beautiful song #SingaraSiriye in my career. Overwhelmed with the love that people are showering towards ಶಿವ - ಲೀಲ. Thank you for being Shiva to Leela.”

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