Rishab Shetty’s movie ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ has finally been released 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. ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ is a clear winner amid several other releases this week.
Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 2:
According to the website Sacnilk, Kantara Chapter 1 collected Rs 43.65 crore on day 2. The movie witnessed a decline in its earnings from the opening day and has crossed Rs 100 crore in total. Rishab Shetty-starrer has earned Rs 105.5 crore in total.
Rishab has essayed 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.
In the Hindi belt, the movie has clashed with ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ in theatres.
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