Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter One has a super craze across India, and all are awaiting the film’s theatrical release. While the film received good offers from Telugu states, it faces trouble for the release in Kerala.
There are ongoing disputes between Prithviraj Productions and FEUOK (one of Kerala’s theater associations) over revenue share terms. These issues are likely to sort out, but if the issue continues, then in that case, FEUOK screens will not screen Kantara Chapter One.
Normally, these issues will be sorted out before release. KGF 2 did huge in Kerala, and the Kantara team also expects such huge revenue. This is the reason they are demanding a bigger percentage in distributor share, which FEUOK is not ready to agree to.
Set to be released in theaters on October 2, 2025, the Kantara prequel has Rukmini Vasanth playing a key role. Produced by Hombale Films, the movie will be released in seven languages—Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Music is composed by Ajaneesh Loknath.