Written, Directed and Acted by Rishab Shetty in Hombale Films productions, Kannada film Kantara is creating a never heard befor sensation at the boxoffice. We have seen many dubbed and small films creating wonders at the ticket windows even registering record collections. But, what Kantara is achieving is unimaginable. In this digital age, any film which became blockbuster gets the positive word of mouth right from the first day or during first weekend. The collections will be massive during its initial weeks. But, in the case if Kantara the film opened big with positive word of mouth and it keeps growing week after week.
Kantara didn't get affected by the four new Diwali releases in Tollywood. It even replaced new releases at many theatres after the festival day. Right now Kantara is playing in highest number of theatres in Telugu states. The film rakes in Rs 45 Crores gross and is cruising towards 50 Crore club. Kantara crossed Rajinikanth's Kabali 40 crores gross and entered into Top 5 highest grossing dubbing films in Tollywood. Until now only four dubbed films crossed 50 Crores gross in Tollywood and Kantara has all chances to enter the elite club.
Kantara is faring exceptionally well in Bollywood and Kerala too. It collected a nett of Rs 32 crores crossing previous highest Karthikeya 2's 31 Crores sitting at 9th place in top 10 dubbed films in Hindi. The film collected more in its 2nd week than its first week despite new Hindi releases Ram Setu and Thank God. Rishab Shetty is visiting theatres at Tirupathi and Vizag on October 29th as a part of success tour planned in Telugu states.
Top 10 Hindi Dubbed Films Nett
1. Baahubali 2 - 510 Crs
2. KGF 2 - 435 Crs
3. RRR - 277 Crs
4. 2 Point 0 - 190 Crs
5. Saaho - 150 Crs
6. Baahubali - 115 Crs
7. Pushpa-110 Crs
8. KGF - 45 Crs
9. Kantara - 32 Crs
10. Karthikeya 2 - 31 Crs
11. Kabali - 28 Crs
12. Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 - 23.50 Crs
Top 5 Grossing Telugu Dubbed Films
1. KGF 2 - 135 Crs
2. 2.0 - 90 Crs
3. Robot - 60 Crs
4. I - 50 Crs
5. Kantara - 45 Crs