Rahi Anil Barve’s critically acclaimed 2018 period horror movie ‘Tumbbad’ has once again come into the limelight after the film’s creative director Anand Gandhi (Director – Ship of Theseus) made a controversial remark about Rishab Shetty’s widely admired blockbuster ‘Kantara’. The incident sparked off an intense Kantara Vs Tumbbad debate and the discussion still hasn’t lost its steam.
Amidst all the brouhaha around the Kantara Vs Tumbbad debate, it might be interesting to know how these two brilliant films were received by audiences and critics. And which one of these films hold an upper hand with respect to the feedback received through various reviews. Let’s see who the winner is: Kantara or Tumbbad?
Google Reviews
The audience rating for the Kannada blockbuster ‘Kantara’ as of now is a highly impressive 4.8/5 based on around 43k ratings.
On the other hand, ‘Tumbbad’ has received an exactly equal score of 4.8/5 based on around 8k ratings.
Winner: Kantara & Tumbbad (Tie)
IMDb
Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara’ has received a user rating of 8.8/10 on popular movies database portal IMDb based on around 76k votes. It currently holds Rank 17 on the top 250 Indian films list.
And the Sohum Shah starrer ‘Tumbbad’ is slightly behind at a still impressive IMDb rating of 8.2/10 based on around 50k votes. It currently holds Rank 55 on the top 250 Indian films list.
Winner: Kantara
Rotten Tomatoes
On movie reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, ‘Kantara’ has scored 83% critics’ score. On the same portal, ‘Tumbbad’ is ahead of ‘Kantara’ with 86% critics’ score and a whopping 95% audience score.
Winner: Tumbbad
BookMyShow
‘Kantara’ presently holds a 99% audience appreciation score on movie ticketing portal BookMyShow based on around 136k votes. While ‘Tumbbad’ has secured 82% score on BMS based on around 43k votes.
Winner: Kantara
Letterboxd
On the Auckland-based movies-centric social platform Letterboxd, ‘Kantara’ has scored a fan rating of 3.7. While ‘Tumbbad’ has scored a marginally higher fan rating of 3.8.
Winner: Tumbbad
Overall Winner: Kantara & Tumbbad (Tie)
So, as you can see, even this Kantara Vs Tumbbad reviews’ analysis indicates that both these films are equally admired by audiences and critics and have their own fan following. We’ve tried to include the popular movie portals for this write-up, but in case we’ve missed out on any major website, then please drop your suggestions in the comments box below.
‘Kantara’ is currently streaming on the Amazon Prime Video OTT platform in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu languages. The Hindi version of ‘Kantara’ will drop on Netflix this Friday. And ‘Tumbbad’ is also streaming on Amazon Prime Video.