Kantara Exploring Būta Kōlā, Deities & Sacred Rituals | The Jaftaf Show 99

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1847: A king with a great kingdom in coastal Karnataka lived with his loving wife and children but could not find peace. He sets out on a journey to discover spirituality and bliss. He comes upon a holy stone in a forest occupied by Panjurli, a demigod protecting the forest's villagers. He donates a vast portion of his land to the villagers in exchange for taking the holy stone with him. Panjurli warns the king, through a human-medium, that his family and successors should keep their word and not reclaim the land; if they do, then they will incur the wrath of Panjurli's companion, the ferocious demon named Guliga.

1970: The king's descendant asks a Bhoota Kola performer, who is possessed by Panjurli to make the locals hand over the land to him, which the performer refuses and states that if the former goes to court to decide on the land's custody, then the Daiva will deliver his verdict on the stairs of the court. The descendant is skeptical of the performer's possession by Panjurli, to which the performer replies he would vanish if he is possessed, after which he runs into a forest and is indeed never seen again. As warned and professed by the performer, a few months later, on the steps of the court, the king's successor dies mysteriously while en route to argue over the land's possession.

1990: Murali, a forest officer, is tasked with converting the villagers' land into a forest reserve. However, he is challenged by Shiva, a Kambala athlete and the missing performer's son from the Kaadubettu village. Shiva is backed by his patron and the village's landlord, Devendra Suttooru, who is the king's descendant. Although Shiva has repeatedly been asked to perform the Bhoota Kola, he refuses due to the trauma of his father's disappearance. Instead, his cousin, Guruva, takes his place. Murali and his staff start erecting a fence along the earmarked forest reserve, and Shiva falls in love with his childhood friend, Leela. He uses his connections with Devendra to appoint her as a forest guard. The villagers try to stop the fencing, but the police and forest guards (including Leela) brutally suppress them, creating a rift between Leela and Shiva even though she was following orders.

As the feud between Murali and Shiva intensifies, Murali decides to arrest Shiva and his friends and heads to their hideout along with Devendra's henchman, Sudhakara. While en route to arrest him, Murali's jeep accidentally gets crushed by the trunk of a tree, which was being cut by Shiva. While Murali survives with severe injuries, Shiva and his companions go undercover to avoid being arrested. A few days later, they secretly return to the village to meet their families; Shiva makes up with Leela and tells her that he will surrender. However, all of them are caught by the police and forest guards the next morning. Guruva asks Devendra to bail out Shiva, but during their conversation, Devendra tries to bribe him to impersonate being possessed by Panjurli in the next Bhoota Kola and order the villagers to hand over the land, revealing Devendra's true intention of acquiring the land from the villagers. Guruva refuses, and Devendra kills him. Learning that Murali has figured out his ulterior motive, Devendra decides to set Shiva against Murali.

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