Overview

• Multiple entertainment outlets report that Diljit Dosanjh will record a track for the Rishab Shetty-led prequel, with India Today and Times Now adding that the session is slated at YRF Studios in Andheri, Mumbai.
• Coverage frames the tie-up as a major pan-India move intended to expand the film’s visibility in northern markets, though no official confirmation from Hombale Films is cited in the reports.
• Kantara: Chapter 1 is in post-production and scheduled for a worldwide theatrical release on October 2, 2025 across Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, and English.
• The film is produced by Hombale Films and features Rishab Shetty with Rukmini Vasanth, Sapthami Gowda, and Gulshan Devaiah, who was introduced via a first-look poster as Kulashekara.
• Composer B Ajaneesh Loknath leads the music, and reporting highlights an extensive war sequence filmed over 45–50 days with more than 500 fighters and 3,000 participants on a 25-acre set.