Rishabh Shetty ‘Kantara Release Date Announced: Kannada cinema magician Rishabh Shetty created a stir across the country with his film ‘Kantara’ in 2022. The film won the hearts of the audience with its release. Rishabh Shetty, who was an unknown face to most of the country till then, achieved a great success with this film. ‘Kantara’ made a splash at the box office, surpassing films of big stars, including Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa Part 1’.
Last year, Rishabh announced that he would take forward the mythological story based on ‘Kantara’ and make a prequel. Since then, the audience was eagerly waiting for his new film ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’. And now, finally Rishabh has revealed the release date of this film.
Rishabh Shetty will rock on Dussehra
In Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’, the audience will get to see the original mythological story of ‘Kantara’. In the first film, the story of the forest deities Panjurli and Guliga was shown through Rishabh’s character Shiva. Now, in ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’, Rishabh will bring the story of these deities alive on the big screen.
At the time of the film’s announcement, the audience was stunned to see Rishabh’s first look. Now, with a new poster, he has also shared the release date of the film. Sharing the poster on social media, he wrote, “That moment has come. The sacred forest has started whispering. Grand release worldwide on 2 October 2025.”
The release date will prove beneficial for the film
In 2025, Dussehra is falling on October 2 and on this day, a mythological story like ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’ can rock the theaters. Apart from this, this day also falls on Gandhi Jayanti, which is a national holiday. As such, ‘Kantara The Legend: Part 1’ will get a long weekend in theatres.
Allu Arjun’s first pan-India release ‘Pushpa’ had collected over Rs 350 crore worldwide, while ‘Kantara’ had collected over Rs 400 crore worldwide. Already popular among Hindi audiences, Allu Arjun’s film had grossed over Rs 100 crore in Hindi. While Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kantara’, a completely new face for Hindi audiences, collected a strong Rs 85 crore in Hindi and came close to ‘Pushpa’.
The popularity of ‘Kantara’ will prove to be very beneficial for Rishabh Shetty in Hindi and the benefit of a long weekend will also bring huge popularity to the film. Now it will be interesting to see what wonders ‘Kantara’ does on Dussehra 2025. The film will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali languages.
