6 oct 25| Recently, on October 2, directed and acted by Rishabh Shetty, the film KANTARA CHAPTER ONE was released in theaters. This film is doing great at the box office as well as the audience. This film is the next part of Kandara Part 1, that movie which was released in 2022 and became successful in the initial days without any promotion and on the basis of its story and , it got promoted and later got a worldwide release. Earned 400 crore rupees after doing so.
.GENRE – Action/thriller
.DIRECTOR – Rishabh Shetty
.CAST –
.Rishab Shetty as Berme, the protagonist and a Naga Sadhu
.Rukmini Vasanth as Princess Kanakavathi
.Gulshan Devaiah as Prince Kulashekara
.Jayaram as King Vijayendra (in some sources also as King Rajashekara)
.Pramod Shetty as Bhogendra, minister
.Prakash Thuminad as Chenna
.Mime Ramdas as Ramadasa
.Deepak Rai Panaje as Sankappa
.Naveen D. Padil as Booba
.Bala Rajwadi as Jabba
.DISTRIBUTION – Hombale films
.IMDB RATING – 8.8/10
.ROTTEN TOMATO RATING – 93%
.BUDGET – 125 crore rupees
.COLLECTION – 890crore rupees*
. PROFIT – 710%*
Records break
. expensive movie –
This movie is Actor and Director Rishabh Shetty‘s bigest BUDGET movie and also bigest BUDGET movie in the Kannada film industry.
.The fastest ₹100 Crores –
kantara Chapter 1 crossed ₹100 crore in India within just 3 days, becoming the fastest Kannada film to reach this milestone, surpassing previous records held by KGF: Chapter 2 and Lokah Chapter 1.
Highest Opening Weekend (Kannada) –
The film registered the biggest opening weekend of all time for a Kannada film, grossing over ₹175 crore in just 4 days of release.
.Record-Breaking Saturday Collection –
Kantara Chapter 1 achieved the highest single-day Saturday collection for an Indian film in 2025, beating records of Bollywood blockbusters and surpassing its own regional competitors.
All-Time Kannada Gross –
It became the highest grossing Kannada film of 2025, surpassing previous top grossers including KGF: Chapter 1 and original Kantara within its first weekend.
Fastest ₹200 Crore in India –
Kantara Chapter 1 is noted for the quickest ₹200 crore net collection in India for any Kannada film, beating Lokah Chapter 1’s previous benchmark.
.Highest Worldwide Collection (Kannada)
The movie crossed ₹300 crore worldwide by the end of its first extended weekend, setting a record for Kannada films released globally in 2025.
.Bring Frenchise to list –
Thanks to this movie, Now Rishabh Shetty‘s Kantara frenchise is 7th highest grossing film frenchise of India with 1200crore rupees.
.Outperformed Bollywood Hits –
It outperformed several major Bollywood releases of the year such as “Saiyaara“, “Chaava” and “Gangubai Kathiawadi” in the lifetime and opening figures.
Top 10 Indian Endgames –
Kantara Chapter 1 has entered the top 10 all-time highest-grossing Indian films of 2025, and is expected to climb higher in upcoming days.
Upcoming records –
.At this speed of collection, there is no doubt that This movie become the highest grossing movie of Rishabh Shetty after surpassing this frenchise’s previous part kantara(2022) which collection is 416 crore rupees( second highest grossing movie of kannada film industry). After break this record, This movie will be the second highest grossing movie of the Kannada film industry.
.This movie also can break the records of KGF Chapter One(2022) and can be the highest grossing film of the Kannada film industry.
.Kantara frenchise Will also be affected with this movie’s record breaking collection.
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