Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 14: Rishab Shetty film holds steady, earns over ₹475 crore

Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 14: It is close to earning ₹500 crore. The film also stars Rukmini Vasanth, Gulshan Devaiah and Jayaram.

Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 14: Rishab Shetty’s latest film has been going strong in India. As per Sacnilk.com, the film is inching close to earning ₹500 crore at the domestic box office. The film crossed the ₹300 crore mark in its first week.

Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection

Kantara Chapter 1 box office collection day 14: Rishab Shetty played the lead role as well as directed the film.

According to the report, Kantara Chapter 1 earned ₹10 crore net in India on Wednesday, taking its total domestic collection to ₹475.90 crore. The film crossed the ₹300 crore mark just in India in its first week, ending day 8 with a haul of ₹337.4 crore.

After a strong second Friday, Saturday and Sunday seeing collections of ₹22.25 crore, ₹39 crore and ₹39.75 crore respectively, the film saw a dip during the weekdays, collecting between ₹13-14 crore. However, despite this being the second week, Kantara Chapter 1 has managed to hold its own.

About Kantara Chapter 1

Kantara Chapter 1 is the prequel to the 2022 hit Kantara and is set in pre-colonial Karnataka. The film stars Rishab, Rukmini Vasanth, Gulshan Devaiah and Jayaram in lead roles. Kantara: Chapter 1 revolves around the origins of Daiva worship in Tulunadu, tracing its roots back to the fourth-century Kadamba dynasty. Rishab plays Berme, the protector of the Kantara forest and its tribal communities.

Talking to PTI about the film, Rishab claimed that he had no ‘ideology or agenda’ behind telling this story. “As a storyteller, I always think, I should never be biased, and that we should tell stories to people, like about our folklore, Bharatiyata, and our belief system of nature worshipping. So by adding all these elements we made this story,” he said, adding, “Irrespective of all (political) parties and people, there is no ideology or agenda in this (film), we are just establishing this story, and people are liking and appreciating it,” he ha said.