India, Oct. 10 -- The outpouring of love and praise for actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 is far from over. The Kantara prequel has taken the nation by storm and registered a Rs 509 cr Week 1 worldwide box office . The latest to join the long list of Kantara admirers is Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty, who has roots in Mangaluru, where the folklore of the film is from. It's a subject he relates to, so it is no wonder that Suniel could not stop showering the film with love.

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Even though he caught the film a week late, Suniel said that ...