India, Jan. 7 -- Most of Kannada cinema's stars, excluding Darshan Thoogudeepa, Rakshit Shetty and Rishab Shetty, will have releases in 2026, which is good for the industry, but filling the gaps between those big-ticket movies are the mid-and low-budget projects that will, hopefully, keep Sandalwood afloat. 2025 was a massive disappointment for the industry, with only Kantara Chapter 1 and Su From So registering organic numbers, while films like Ekka, Choo Mantar, Yuddhakaanda Chapter 2, etc., made some noise, but not much money.

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