Kantara: second-biggest grosser of Kannada film industry

Mumbai, Oct. 30: Rishab Shetty’s Kantara is what you call a ‘dark hoIRs.e’. The film, made on a relatively modest budget of IRs. 15 crore (approximately), has now become the second highest grosser of Kannada cinema — only behind KGF: Chapter 2 (IRs. 1200 crore).

According to reports, the worldwide box office collection of the film has zoomed past IRs. 250 crore mark, making it the third Kannada film ever (after the KGF series) to unlock such an achievement.

As far as the numbers. go, the country-wide collections of the film is hovering at around IRs. 200 crore. On the other hand, the Hindi version of the film, which was released on October 14, has minted about IRs. 40 crore, and is expected to top 

IRs. 50 crore. 

Similarly, the Telugu version of the film has earned more than IRs. 32 crore.

On top of the box office success, Rishab Shetty is also receiving appreciation from several quarters. He recently met SupeIRs.tar Rajinikanth at his Chennai residence. Pictures of the Tamil actor honouring Rishab were shared by the Kantara star 

on social media.

Parallelly, Kantara is also facing legal trouble as a Sessions Court in Kerala has released an injunction ordering the makers. to not play the song “Varaha Roopam” in the film and other streaming platforms. The injunction is the result of a case filed by Kerala-based music band Thaikkudam Bridge, which has claimed that the Kannada song is plagiarised version of their 2015 

song “Navarasam.”