Bengaluru: It was the surprise package of 2022, and 100 days later, Kannada movie Kantara continues its dream run at the theatres, apart from drawing eyeballs on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video. The movie unexpectedly added more heft to Sandalwood production house Hombale Films’ reign over the pan-India movie market.
On Friday, the pan-India superhit movie completed 100 days of running successfully in cinemas across Karnataka. The film team and production house are celebrating the success.
Taking to their official social media handle, Hombale Films addressed moviegoers, saying: “Thank you for holding us all along the journey and finding the divinity. Celebrating divine blockbuster ‘Kantara’ 100 days.”
The production house added: “A film we’ll always cherish. It took us back to our roots and made us fall in awe of our traditions. Kudos to everyone who made it happen.”
ಬೆಳಕು..!! ಆದರೆ ಇದು ಬೆಳಕಲ್ಲ ೧00 ದಿನದ ದರ್ಶನ🔥
Celebrating #DivineBlockbusterKantara 100 Days 🙏
A film we’ll always cherish, that took us back to our roots n made us fell in awe of our traditions. Kudos everyone who made it happen.#Kantara #100DaysOfKantara pic.twitter.com/FlmySeQBJj
— Hombale Films (@hombalefilms) January 7, 2023
Rishab Shetty, the protagonist, and director, and Sapthami Gowda, who played the female lead opposite him, have shared the same message on their accounts.
Kantara movie has become a super hit in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi languages as well. The movie was released in the Kannada language first and after garnering reviews and appreciation, the movie was released in other languages.
The movie was able to garner the kind of footfalls it did because of positive word of mouth and without a publicity blitzkrieg backing it.