Kantara - A Sandalwood Gem Making Its Strong Presence Felt Among The Hindi Audience

Mumbai, October 8 - It is SS Rajamouli who popularized the Pan India concept with his barrier-breaking Baahubali - The Beginning in 2015 before its sequel shattered all the records for an Indian movie. The success of Baahubali also indicated the Pan-India acceptance of South Indian films which is now slowly and steadily becoming a new normal.

In the last couple of years, it has been seen that South Indian films got dubbed into Hindi and have had success. This year, a number of South Indian films have been dubbed in the Hindi language and also tested success in the form of "KGF 2" and "RRR", both became massive hits along with good successful films like "777 Charlie", "Karthikeya 2", "Sita Ramam", and the latest in theaters "Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1".



Amid this dubbed culture to woo the Hindi audience, the Kannada movie Kantara is making waves in its original language. The Rishab Shetty-starrer opened to rave reviews in the home state, Karnataka, and the super positive audience word of mouth didn't take much time to spread in the other regions, especially in the Hindi-speaking states.

"Kantara" is turning out to be a rare Sandlewood film that is making its presence felt among the Hindi audience that too in the original language. It is the only Kannada movie of all time that is being played in Iconic Gaiety Galaxy theaters in the original language, and on top of that, the movie is witnessing Housefull shows, which is truly incredible.

To understand the "Kantara" hype in the Hindi belt, the advance booking in Mumbai for the first day was just 30K, and coming to the 9th day, the advance sales were approx. 12 lakh for the original Kannada language. The movie has been hailed as one of the finest ever in Indian cinema and it is already the highest-rated Indian movie on the ticketing platform Book My Show.

The excellent response from the Hindi audience to the original Kannada version could turn things riot for the movie as the dubbed Hindi release of "Kantara" has been announced. If the initial response has anything to go by, the "Kantara" Hindi version can make things big for the movie. The movie is produced by Hombale Films, which is already a popular name among the movie-lovers, thanks to the mega-blockbuster "KGF" films.

Stay tuned...