Rishab Shetty has returned to the big screen with ‘Kantara Chapter 1’, a prequel to the 2022 film ‘Kantara’. The movie has been receiving an amazing response from the audience and has become a big hit. It has met the viewers’ expectations as ‘Kantara’ set the bar high due to grand success.
Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 8:
According to the website Sacnilk, ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ collected Rs 20.50 crore on day 8 as per early estimates. The movie has earned Rs 334.94 crore in total.
Earlier, Rishab Shetty also penned a note for the audience, requesting them not to encourage priacy. He wrote, “Dear #Kantara Family and Cinema Lovers, Earlier, Rishab Shetty also penned a note for the audience, requesting them not to encourage priacy. He wrote, “Dear #Kantara Family and Cinema Lovers, Kantara Chapter1 is as much yours as ours, and your love has made it truly unforgettable. We humbly request you not to share/record videos from the film and not to encourage piracy. Let’s keep the magic of Kantara alive in theatres, so everyone can feel it the way it was meant to be. Experience #BlockbusterKantara only in cinemas.”
Dear #Kantara Family and Cinema Lovers,#KantaraChapter1 is as much yours as ours, and your love has made it truly unforgettable.
We humbly request you not to share/record videos from the film and not to encourage piracy.
Let’s keep the magic of Kantara alive in theatres, so… pic.twitter.com/EluTsYZspE---Advertisement---— Rishab Shetty (@shetty_rishab) October 3, 2025
Rishab Shetty 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 it. 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.
