Overview

• Hombale Films unveiled the trailer on September 22 with Hrithik Roshan, Prabhas, Sivakarthikeyan and Prithviraj Sukumaran releasing language-specific versions.
• Rishab Shetty returns as writer-director-star in a folklore-driven tale that presents his character as a warrior-mystic protector.
• The production spotlights a 45–50 day war sequence staged on a 25-acre set with 500+ fighters and about 3,000 extras, reuniting composer B. Ajaneesh Loknath, cinematographer Arvind Kashyap and production designer Vinesh Banglan.
• The film opens worldwide on October 2 in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and English, with U.S. pre-sales reported at $94,224 across 390 locations and 1,805 shows.
• Initial online response ranges from high praise to disappointment, and Rishab Shetty publicly disowned a viral ‘Kantara Sankalpa’ post as fake and unrelated to the film.