Kantara: Chapter 1 earned Rs 17.50 crore on its opening day in Hindi, becoming the eighth largest South Indian dubbed movie opening. The Rishab Shetty-led divine saga was initially expected to open much higher; however, those hopes were dismissed when advance bookings were slow. Still, the movie has had a strong start, especially considering it was in direct competition with Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor's Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari.

Bankrolled by Hombale Films, Kantara: Chapter 1 surpassed Game Changer and Devara on the opening day but remained far behind other big pan-Indian releases. Comparatively, KGF Chapter 2 still holds the record of the biggest Kannada film opening day record in Hindi, while the overall list is topped by Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2. This is because both gravity-d

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