‘Kantara’ Prequel Announced! Rishab Shetty Shares Big Update As He Celebrates 100 Days Of Blockbuster Film
As Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara’ completed 100 days, the director-actor celebrated the milestone by announcing a prequel to the hit film.
If you loved watching ‘Kantara’ and were eagerly waiting for its second part to be announced, then you are in for a treat! Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara’ recently completed 100 days, and the actor-director celebrated the milestone by announcing a prequel to the hit film. Putting an end to the speculation surrounding ‘Kantara 2’, Rishab Shetty also revealed that the prequel will release next year. This announcement comes after Homabale Films founder Vijay Kiragandur had earlier said that ‘Kantara 2’ will be a prequel to the first part.
Speaking at a Bengaluru event that was organised to celebrate the 100-day theatrical run of ‘Kantara’ and its grand success, Rishab Shetty opened up about ‘Kantara 2’ and added that it will hit the screens worldwide in 2024.
The actor-director said, "We are very pleased and thankful to the audience who had shown immense love and support to Kantara and taking the journey ahead, with the blessing of almighty Daiva the film has successfully completed 100 days and I would like to take this opportunity to announce the prequel of Kantara. What you have seen is actually Part 2, Part 1 will come next year.”
He added, “The idea has been flashed into my mind while I was shooting for Kantara because the history of Kantara has more depth to it, and currently, if the writing part is concerned we are in the middle of digging into more details. As the research is still progressing, it would be very early to reveal details about the film."
The producer, Vijay Kiragandur, also opened about the same and said, "Kantara introduced the audience to a new cinema altogether and we would love to sustain and in fact boost the rage that the film has created among the audience on the screens by announcing the sequel, as the film has now completed its 100 days.”
“Rishab and our team have been working on the story rigorously as the film has many more things to tell to the audience while opening the back story of Kantara and we can just guarantee that the sequel of Kantara is going to be more massive and grand than before,” he further said.
‘Kantara’, which translates to mystical forest, followed the story of a local demigod (Bhoota) who trades forest land to the tribe's people with a king in 1870 in exchange for happiness. Many years later, when the king’s son grows greedy and wants the land back, he dies due to the wrath of Bhoota.
The film, written and directed by Rishab Shetty, grossed over Rs 400 crore globally. In Karnataka, it has emerged as the highest grossing film of all time.
Besides Rishab Shetty, ‘Kantara’ also starred Kishore, Achyuth Kumar, Sapthami Gowda, and Pramod Shetty.
Recently, Rishab also attended the Bhoota Kola festival to celebrate the success of ‘Kantara’ along with his family.
