Jr. NTR, Hansika Motwani, and Tanishaa star in the lead roles, while Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Rishi, Sayaji Shinde, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Venu Madhav, Sunil, Brahmanandam, Subbaraju, and Ali play supporting roles.

The hatred turns into attachment and Seshu's daughter Priya falls in love with Kantri.

[7] C. Aswini Dutt came onboard as producer, while Jr. NTR was chosen to play the role of a 25-year-old tapori character after a single read-through.

[7] The film's shooting started in October 2007 but was delayed for a month as cinematographer Sameer Reddy was busy with Athidhi.

[7] Released on 29 March 2008,[8] Kantri's soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma whilst lyrics were penned by five different lyricists: Meher Ramesh, Ananth Sreeram, Sirivennela, Veturi, and Ramajogayya Sastry.

He does take the beaten path in making a hero-centric film with the theme of good versus evil and the usual masala elements.

[11] greatandhra and idlebrain rated three stars, with the former saying "The film is for mass cum class audiences.

[12][13] The film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Ek Aur Qayamat (2009),[15] In English as Jackal (2011),[16] in Tamil as Pokkiri Paiyan,[17] and in Malayalam as Njananu Boss.