Overview

• Hombale Films released the official trailer on September 22 for the prequel written, directed by, and starring Rishab Shetty.
• The film explores the origins of the Bhuta Kola/Daiva Kola tradition, with Shetty depicted as a warrior‑mystic bridging the mortal and the divine, according to the synopsis.
• A coordinated launch had Prabhas, Hrithik Roshan, Sivakarthikeyan and Prithviraj Sukumaran unveil Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam versions of the trailer.
• The makers tout an expansive war sequence filmed over 45–50 days with more than 500 fighters and roughly 3,000 participants across a 25‑acre set.
• The movie opens worldwide on October 2 in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and English, with U.S. advance sales underway and a tracking handle reporting $94,224 from 4,104 tickets across 1,805 shows.