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Jr NTR Backs Kantara: Chapter 1 as Pre‑Sales Build for October 2 Release

Karnataka-led bookings, a new song launch and high-profile stage support drive momentum despite disputed tallies and screen-allocation friction.

Kantara Chapter 1 Advance Booking: Rishab Shetty Starrer Leaves Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari Behind
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari vs Kantara Chapter 1: Both films are releasing on 2 October.
Rishab Shetty directs and stars in Kantara: Chapter 1, a prequel to Kantara.
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Overview

  • The pre-release event in Hyderabad on September 28 featured Jr NTR as chief guest, with the actor praising Rishab Shetty and calling the film’s scale “humanly impossible” without him.
  • Hombale Films dropped the first track, Brahmakalsha, as the film enters its final promotional stretch ahead of the October 2 worldwide theatrical debut.
  • Early tracker Sacnilk estimates cited by outlets pegged initial advance sales at about 47,210 tickets and roughly ₹4.11 crore, while some reports claimed over 1 lakh tickets and around ₹4.08 crore in Karnataka alone.
  • In North India’s top chains, Hindi pre-sales were described as decent with roughly 7,200 tickets sold by late September 28, with several reports noting an early edge over Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari in chain bookings.
  • Distribution chatter highlighted aggressive show-allocation requests reported to exhibitors, and a short-lived social-media boycott call was reported in Telugu circles tied to release grievances for another film.