Mumbai, Oct. 3 -- With Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra coinciding on October 2 this year, families made the most of the holiday by heading to cinema halls, choosing between Rishab Shetty's 'Kantara: Chapter 1' and Varun Dhawan's 'Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari' for their festive movie outing.

Both movies managed to boost the footfall and, of course, the box office collections. The makers of 'Kantara: Chapter 1' claimed that around 1.28 million tickets were sold on the release day.

"The roar of #KantaraChapter1 echoes across the nation With 1.28 MILLION+ tickets sold in 24 hours! The divine spectacle records the Highest Day 1 sales on @bookmyshowin in 2025," a post read on the official Instagram handle of Kantara film.

Earlier on Friday mor...