India, Sept. 29 -- Rishab Shetty's heavily anticipated film, Kantara Chapter 1, is releasing in theatres this Thursday (October 2) on the occasion of Dussehra. The film is a prequel to Kantara, the 2021 blockbuster, and hence, carries a lot of buzz. The original film was a huge hit not just in Karnataka, but in north India as well. And the prequel seems to be going even bigger.

The advance booking for Kantara Chapter 1 opened on Sunday, four days before the film's release. In a little over 24 hours, the pre-sales for day 1 have touched Rs.5.7 crore gross, selling 1.7 lakh tickets already. This breakneck pace of ticket sales has already ensured that Kantara Chapter 1 will have a bigger opening than Kantara, which opened at just Rs.2 crore...