‘Kantara Chapter 1’, starring Rishab Shetty in the lead role, has finally arrived in theatres after much waiting. The movie is a prequel to the 2022 hit Kannada film ‘Kantara’ and has been receiving an amazing response from the audience. There have been several big releases in the past few weeks, and ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ is clearly able to hold its ground in theatres.
Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 1:
According to the website Sacnilk, ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ collected Rs 60 crore on day 1. Even though the movie had an impressive opening day, it remains a little behind the first collection of ‘They Call Him OG’ and ‘Coolie’. For the unversed, ‘OG’ had collected Rs 63.73 crore on day 1 and ‘Coolie’ earned Rs 77 crore.
In the Hindi belt, the movie has clashed with ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ in theatres.
Rishab essays the role of Berme alongside Rukmini Vasanth as Kanakavathi, and Gulshan Devaiah as Kulashekara.
The film’s visual is backed by the powerful cinematic vision of Arvind S. Kashyap as cinematographer and the evocative music of B. Ajaneesh Loknath, whose compositions in the first film left audiences spellbound. It is produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the banner of Hombale Films.
Talking about the 2022 film ‘Kantara’, Rishab Shetty also directed the film. It also starred Sapthami Gowda, Kishore, and Achyuth Kumar in the lead roles. The movie focused on a Kambala champion who clashes with an upright forest officer, leading to a larger conflict involving sacred land, ancestral legacy, and the balance between nature and man-made law.
The movie became the highest-grossing Kannada film of all time when it was released. Rishab also won the National Film Award in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category.
