Kantara Makers Are Planning Either For A “Prequel Or Sequel” Of The Film

Mumbai:

Rishab Shetty’s interval motion thriller “Kantara” is about to be was a franchise, the film’s producers confirmed on Wednesday.
Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, the hit Kannada movie obtained an amazing response upon its launch in theatres on September 30.

Reportedly mounted on a meagre finances of Rs 16 crore, the film has earned over Rs 500 crore worldwide on the field workplace.

Vijay Kiragandur, a co-founder of Hombale Films, mentioned the banner is ecstatic with the response to “Kantara” and the corporate will quickly begin creating “either a prequel or sequel” to the movie.

“Rishab Shetty is away and once he is back, we will discuss what we want to do — a sequel or a prequel. We will have something in a couple of months. We definitely have plans for ‘Kantara 2’ but there’s no timeline,” Vijay Kiragandur instructed PTI in an interview right here.

Rishab Shetty had earlier mentioned that he plans to make a follow-up to the blockbuster film.

Set within the fictional village of Dakshina Kannada, “Kantara” follows a Kambala champion, additionally performed by Rishab Shetty, who involves loggerheads with an upright Forest Range officer, Murali (Kishore).

Kambala is an annual race, held from November to March in coastal Karnataka, wherein a jockey drives a pair of buffaloes, tied to the plough, by way of parallel muddy tracks.

According to Hombale Films co-founder Chaluve Gowda, the viewers related with the movie because it showcased the deep-rooted rituals and beliefs which are prevalent in Indian society.

“These rituals are there all over the world in a different way. Whatever was there in ‘Kantara’, the same story can happen in any part of the country. That’s how people connected to ‘Kantara’. People related to it. We wanted to show a local subject to a wider audience,” Chaluve Gowda added.

Also that includes Achyuth Kumar and Sapthami Gowda in pivotal roles, “Kantara” was additionally launched in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam languages.

Besides the audiences, many business personalities together with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan praised the film on social media.