The Kannada film Kantara has been breaking several records with its success. The Rishab Shetty directorial and starrer has gained a lot of love and appreciation from audiences. Recently, RRR director SS Rajamouli spoke about the film and said that one doesn’t need a big-scale film to do big numbers. “Big budgets are something.. and suddenly Kantara comes in and looks at the numbers it is making. Suddenly, you do not need a big-scale film to do big numbers. Even a small film like Kantara can do that," the filmmaker said, talking to Film Companion.

He continued, “As audience it is exciting, but as filmmakers, we need to go back and check what we are doing."

Kantara was released in Kannada and Hindi on 30th September and 14th October respectively. The film is written and directed by Rishab Shetty. Produced by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda, under Hombale Films, the film features Rishab Shetty, Sapthami Gowda, and Kishore Kumar G in pivotal roles. The Hindi version gave tough competition to several Bollywood releases over the weeks. The film has broken several box office records by raking in more than Rs 400 crore.