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Up to date on: Sept 29, 2025 04:29 pm IST
Kantara Chapter 1 advance reserving goes at a breakneck tempo, indicating a bumper opening for the Rishab Shetty-starrer prequel.
Rishab Shetty’s closely anticipated movie, Kantara Chapter 1, is releasing in theatres this Thursday (October 2) on the event of Dussehra. The movie is a prequel to Kantara, the 2021 blockbuster, and therefore, carries a number of buzz. The unique movie was an enormous hit not simply in Karnataka, however in north India as effectively. And the prequel appears to be going even larger.
Kantara Chapter 1 advance reserving
The advance reserving for Kantara Chapter 1 opened on Sunday, 4 days earlier than the movie’s launch. In a bit over 24 hours, the pre-sales for day 1 have touched ₹5.7 crore gross, promoting 1.7 lakh tickets already. This breakneck tempo of ticket gross sales has already ensured that Kantara Chapter 1 may have an even bigger opening than Kantara, which opened at simply ₹2 crore in India again in 2022.
It is nonetheless three days to go for the discharge of Kantara: Chapter 1, and the movie is already outpacing the advance reserving collections of latest large releases like Pawan Kalyan’s OG and Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s Battle 2. Neither of those movies had touched ₹5 crore prematurely bookings three days earlier than the discharge. Kantara: Chapter 1 can be outperforming Yash’s KGF: Chapter 1 in pre-sales. The 2019 movie was the highest-grossing Kannada movie for 3 years, and the primary from the language to cross ₹250 crore worldwide gross.
Kantara Chapter 1 ought to look to not simply surpass however comfortably beat the ₹400-crore gross of the primary Kantara, given its hype and scale. And it has taken a great begin in that course with wholesome advance bookings. To this point, the majority of the gross sales have been in Kannada, however as extra screens open up within the Hindi belt over Monday and Tuesday, the numbers ought to choose up. As of now, Kantara Chapter 1 has earned ₹36 lakh prematurely bookings in Hindi, and simply over ₹5 lakh in Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam mixed. The remainder of the collections have come within the unique Kannada model.
All about Kantara Chapter 1
Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, Kantara Chapter 1 explores the origins of the mythology and story informed in Kantara. Set ten centuries earlier than the unique movie, Chapter 1 stars Rishab Shetty, however in a special position this time. Becoming a member of him within the forged are Rukmini Vasanth, Jayaram, and Gulshan Devaiah. The movie releases throughout India on 2 October.
