New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Kantara Chapter 1 Box Office Collection Day 17: Rishab Shetty's period folk movie, Kantara Chapter 1, has achieved another milestone; crossing the Rs.500 crore net mark at the Indian box office on Saturday, October 18.

The movie, which witnessed a slight drop in its earnings over the last few days, has regained momentum on the Diwali festival weekend, and is expected to continue the golden run till at least mid-next week.

A prequel to the 2022 hit Kantara, the Kannada movie was released in theatres on October 2 in all major languages, including English and Hindi, as well as multiple regional languages such as Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, and Bengali.

The film has received an overwhelming response from audiences and c...