7 Indian Movies Like Kantara Rooted in Folklore

7 Indian Folklore Movies Like Kantara Radiocity By Radiocity Team Published Sep 22, 2025 [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Tumbbad - Prime Video A dark fantasy-horror set in a rural Maharashtra village; revolves around a mythical treasure guarded by a demon-entity “Hastar”, greed and ancestry. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Churuli - SonyLIV Malayalam fantasy-mystery; the film has strong folkloric, myth-like visuals, a forest/village that changes, mysteries, hidden secrets in people and nature. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Pari - Prime Video Horror infused with eastern myths / cult lore; takes elements of Islamic folklore, the unknown, moral ambiguity, supernatural horror. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana - Zee5 While more crime-thriller, it draws mythological symbolism and is deeply embedded in cultural texture; folk culture, power, ego, the battle of identities. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Bulbbul - Netflix Set in colonial Bengal; myth/folk of the chudail (witch-/woman spirit), supernatural, feminist undertones, gothic ambiance. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

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