Actor Rishabh Shetty’s blockbuster film ‘Kantara’ received a lot of love from the fans. Now the prequel of this film ‘Kantara 2’ is going to come soon. Homble Films, the production company of ‘Kantara’ has confirmed this. Rishabh Shetty will also play the lead role in ‘Kantara 2’ and he will also handle the responsibility of direction. Director Rishab Shetty is working on a prequel and not a sequel to the film. Means the story of the film will not progress further, but its folk tale will be further expanded.
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Rishabh Shetty is currently working on the script of Kantara 2
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The production company of ‘Kantara’, Hombale Films -. Founder and producer Vijay Kiragandur has said that Rishabh Shetty is currently working on the script of ‘Kantara 2’. Along with this, he is also doing the rest of the preparations for the film. The shooting of the film will start in a few months. Vijay Kiragandur also talked about the budget of ‘Kantara 2’ and said that the budget of the prequel will be more than that of ‘Kantara’. Let us tell you that Homble Studios had recently talked about investing Rs 30 billion on films and web series in the next five years. It is obvious that ‘Kantar 2’ will also be a good bet.
The film will be released at Pan India level
During the conversation, Vijay also said that ‘Rishabh is currently doing research related to the film and along with his writing colleagues he also went to the coastal forests of Karnataka. The team is gearing up to shoot the prequel from June as a portion of the film needs rainy weather to shoot. Vijay Kiragandur said that he can release this film by April or May next year. Along with this, there is also a preparation to release it at Pan India level.
Talking about the cast of ‘Kantara 2’, Vijay Kiragandur said that some new stars will also be included in the film. But, for the time being, our effort is to make it in the style of ‘Kantara’. Let us tell you that ‘Kantara’ was released in September last year. At the box office, this film raised the flag of success. Earlier it was released in Kannada language, but seeing its craze among the audience, it was also released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.