Kannada film star and filmmaker Rishabh Shetty gave a big surprise hit to the country in 2022. His film ‘Kantara’ based on mythology received high praise from day one. Until now, Rishabh Shetty, who was unknown to people, achieved great success with this film which earned more gross worldwide than the film ‘Pushpa Part 1’ of a big star like Allu Arjun.
Last year, Rishabh had announced that the story on which his film ‘Kantara’ was based, he will now further explore that mythological story and make a prequel to ‘Kantara’. The audience has been waiting for him since they saw the first look of his project ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’. Now finally Rishabh has revealed the release date of ‘Kantara’.
Rishabh to create a blast on Dussehra
Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’ brings the original story of the mythology on which the story of ‘Kantara’ was based. In the first film, the main character of Rishabh became a medium to show the story of Shiva, the forest god Panjurli and Guliga. Now, in ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’, Rishabh brings the story of these jungle gods to the big screen.
At the time of the film’s announcement, the audience was stunned to see its first look. Now Rishabh has also shared the release date of the film with a new poster. While sharing the poster on social media, he wrote: “That time has come. The sacred forest has begun to whisper. Grand worldwide release on October 2, 2025.
This release date will bring huge benefits to the film.
In 2025, Dussehra will be on October 2 and on that day, a mythology-based story like ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’ can create quite a stir in theatres. Apart from that, this day is also the national holiday of Gandhi Jayanti and October 2 is a Thursday. In such a situation, ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’ will have a long week in theaters.
Where Allu Arjun’s first Pan India release ‘Pushpa’ generated a worldwide business of over Rs 350 crore. The worldwide gross collection of ‘Kantara’ was more than Rs 400 crore. Allu Arjun’s film, already popular among Hindi audiences, had earned over Rs 100 crore in Hindi. While for the Hindi audience, actor Rishabh Shetty’s film ‘Kantara’, which was completely new for the Hindi audience, had grossed a huge amount of Rs 85 crore in Hindi and came close to ‘Pushpa’.
The popularity of ‘Kantara’ in Hindi will prove very beneficial for Rishabh Shetty and also the benefit of the long weekend will also give huge popularity to the film. Now it will be interesting to see what wonders ‘Kantara’ does on Dussehra 2025. This film will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.
