Actor-director Rishab Shetty’s fantasy-actions-thriller, released on October 3, 2025, ‘Kantara Chapter 1’. Actor Yash has recently praised the film for his “Emarsiv Experience” and “Powerful Performance”.

On Friday, Yash shared his X review of ‘Kanta: Chapter 1’ and wrote, “Kanta Chapter 1: New Benchmark for Kannada and Indian cinema.

He also praised the performance of the artists and further wrote, “Heartfelt congratulations to @vkiragandur sir and @hombalefilms. Your vision and unconditional support for ambitious projects are constantly increasing the industry’s bar.

“@B_Janesh, your music breathes life in those frames. Arvind Kaship, your magnificent camera work brought that world to life. Jairam, Praramod Shetty, Prakash Thumanad and excellent work by the entire artists and crew. ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ actor concluded.

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Manufactured by Homebell Films, ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ serves as a prequel for the 2022 National Award winner ‘Kanta’. It will be released worldwide in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and English.

Kannada actor Upendra also congratulated Rishab Shetty in his X post and captioned, “Hearing extraordinary reports from everywhere. My heart from #RISHABH SHETTY and Team, #Hombale Films … (SIC) Congratulations.”

While ‘Kantara’ focused on land struggles and Daiva (God) In modern times, the soul, its chapter 1 goes back to the period of long ago. The pre-colonial coastal coastal Karnataka was set in the CE of the 4th century during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty, delaying the origin of Prikwel legend and the Bhuta collah rituals.

Bharat Today, in his review for the film, wrote, “Climbing and Guliga sequences of Prequel are special mentioned and many rivets. Rish Shetty, as an artist, is actually a force of nature in these moments. This is a force with visuals and with a story, this is a story, but no one can help, but no one can help, but no one can help,

‘Kantara Chapter 1’ also includes Rukmini Vasant, Gulshan Devaiya and Jairam in the lead roles.