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Kantara: Chapter 1’ Gains Steam With Strong Pre‑Sales Before Oct. 2 Theatrical Debut

Karnataka leads advance ticketing, with fresh publicity from a Hyderabad event featuring Jr NTR.

Overview

  • Early tracker Sacnilk logged 47,210 tickets and roughly ₹4.11 crore on day one of advance sales across languages, with Karnataka contributing the bulk of revenue.
  • Subsequent reporting cites more than 1 lakh tickets sold in Karnataka alone and around ₹4.08 crore in Kannada pre‑sales, with many shows listed as full.
  • In North India, Hindi pre‑sales in top chains PVR Inox and Cinepolis crossed about 7,200 tickets on opening day of bookings, edging rival Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari in those circuits, as per trade updates.
  • At the Hyderabad pre‑release event, Jr NTR praised Rishab Shetty’s effort, calling the production difficult to achieve without him, reinforcing the film’s pan‑India push.
  • Certification details note CBFC‑mandated edits, including removal of an obscene gesture and drug‑use tickers, while trade coverage also flags aggressive screen‑allocation demands and a social‑media boycott hashtag linked to unrelated fan protests.