India, Oct. 24 -- On October 24, the official PR team of Kantara Chapter 1 in Karnataka sent out a poster claiming that the Rishab Shetty film is the highest grosser of the year, having outgrossed Chhaava with a Rs 818 cr worldwide gross haul, as against the Rs 809 cr of the latter. However, this was not followed by an official confirmation of the same on any social media handle of the banner, Hombale Films, so OTTplay checked in with the PR team, only to be told that there will not be such an announcement.

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Strange, one would think, given that getting highest grosser of the year status is a big and rather prestigious deal. Despite repe...