India, Oct. 1 -- There's a lot riding on the word-of-mouth publicity from the paid premieres of Rishab Shetty's much awaited Kantara prequel, Kantara Chapter 1 on the evening of October 1. The film officially opens in theatres across the world on October 2, advance bookings for which were opened days ago. While the response has been encouraging, given that those who liked the original film will line up to watch this one too, there's no denying that the expectation was for the film to take the box office by storm. That will now depend on whether Rishab is able to vow his audiences a second time, or if he will remain a one-film wonder, given that the trailer had not given people much to be excited about.

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