India, Oct. 15 -- In the run-up to the release of Kantara Chapter 1, Rishab Shetty spoke very little about the film, choosing instead to let the content do most of the talking. By and large, the response to the prequel have been overwhelmingly positive, even though, not everyone's been as awed about this chapter as the original film. Nevertheless, Kantara Chapter 1 has been consistently making box office records and is currently the second highest grossing film of the year.

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The film is a prequel, but not set in the immediate past of the events of the 2022 Kantara. This time, Rishab went nearly 2,000 years back to the 4th century and to...