{"id":146210,"date":"2025-11-21T09:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/146210\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:57:09","slug":"rishab-shettys-kantara-a-legend-chapter-1-earns-over-rs-621-crore-in-50-days-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/146210\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishab Shetty\u2019s \u2018Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1\u2019 earns over Rs 621 crore in 50 days | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RishabRishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1’ has achieved a phenomenal Rs 621.35 crore globally, marking a spectacular 50-day run. The prequel to the 2022 blockbuster defied expectations, with its Hindi version surprisingly outperforming the original Kannada release. This cultural phenomenon, celebrated for its storytelling and Shetty’s performance, has become a major success, solidifying the franchise’s pan-Indian appeal. Rishab Shetty<\/a>\u2019s Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1 has completed a spectacular 50 days in cinema halls, reaffirming the franchise\u2019s place as one of the most powerful forces in contemporary Indian cinema. The film has enjoyed a steady run at the box office despite it releasing on OTT on the 29th day of the release. The film, a prequel to the 2022 blockbuster Kantara, has shattered expectations and emerged as a massive commercial triumph, collecting a staggering Rs 621.35 crore across all languages.The film had the potential of crossing Jawan headlined by Shah Rukh Khan<\/a> as the 6th biggest film of Indian Cinema which had collected Rs 640.25 crore had the OTT release been dealyed. With its strong cultural roots, spellbinding storytelling, and Rishab Shetty\u2019s commanding performance, the film has become one of the biggest successes of the year.The film has already become the biggest hit of the year and the seventh biggest hit of Indian Cinema. <\/p>\n

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The film\u2019s Kannada version, its original language, has led from the front, contributing an impressive Rs 199.46 crore. This achievement reflects the deep connection the film established with Karnataka audiences, rooted in its folklore-driven narrative, powerful visuals, and spiritually charged climax sequences. The surprise standout, however, has been the Hindi version, which amassed a remarkable Rs 223.33 crore, outperforming even the original language business. The goodwill of part 1 and similar universe of the second part helped the film to surpass many mainstream Bollywood releases of the year, signalling the franchise\u2019s pan-Indian power.The film went on to become the 37th biggest hit of Hindi cinema with its performance at the box office. In the South, the film performed robustly across all dubbed editions. The Telugu version earned Rs 89.94 crore, riding on positive word of mouth and a strong fan base that grew after the first film became a cult hit in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The Tamil version brought in Rs 63.31 crore, meanwhile, the Malayalam version delivered Rs 45.31 crore, an excellent figure considering Kerala\u2019s competitive and content-driven market.With Rs 621.35 crore overall, Kantara 2 stands tall as one of India\u2019s highest-grossing films of the year, and perhaps the second most successful Kannada film of all time after Prashanth Neel<\/a> and yash\u2019s KGF 2. Kantara 2 features Gulshan Devaiah, Jayaram and Rukimini Vasanth in pivotal roles, the makers have also announced the third part with the climax of the second part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1’ has achieved a phenomenal Rs 621.35 crore globally, marking a spectacular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,61657,32275,98151,56841,98150,98152,409,111,139,69,98149,33779,68511,1481],"class_list":{"0":"post-146210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gulshan-devaiah","10":"tag-jawan","11":"tag-kannada-cinema","12":"tag-kantara-a-legend-chapter-1","13":"tag-kgf","14":"tag-kgf-2","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-new-zealand","17":"tag-newzealand","18":"tag-nz","19":"tag-prashanth-neel","20":"tag-rishab-shetty","21":"tag-rukmini-vasanth","22":"tag-shah-rukh-khan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}