India, Sept. 23 -- It's been three years in the making and it's now all set for its theatrical debut. Kantara Chapter 1, actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty's prequel to his hit 2022 film Kantara is releasing shortly and is expected to give audiences a deeper understanding of the Bhoota Kola tradition and divine land guardianship.

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Kantara Chapter 1 is slated for theatrical release on October 2, 2025, three years after the original film came out. The prequel will release in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali in India, with the makers targeting close to 7,000 screens over the c...