The massive success of Kantara made the team to work on the sequel. The film was made on a budget of less than Rs 20 crores and it minted over Rs 400 crores in the final run including all the languages. Rishab Shetty took a break and he commenced working on the script of the film this year. The shoot of the film will now start in November this year and Kantara 2 will have its release during the second half of 2024.

The film will be mostly shot in and around Mangalore. Hombale Films will produce this film which is planned on a massive budget. The makers gave a free hand for Rishab Shetty. Kantara 2 is a prequel. The team will officially announce the details of the cast and crew very soon.

The script of ‘Kantara 2’ has been finalised and an official announcement will be made shortly, confirmed sources close to Rishab Shetty, the director and lead actor of the pan-India superhit movie ‘Kantara’.

Hombale Films which produced ‘Kantara’ had announced the production of the sequel during the celebration of 100 days of the film. The script work was taken up in the month of March.

The team had given final touches to the script for the ‘Kantara’ sequel and producer Vijay Kiragandur and actor-director Rishab Shetty are happy about the same, sources said.

The news has spread in the industry and the fans of the movie are eagerly awaiting the release of the film.

Sources close to Rishab Shetty said that the film’s team is hunting locations despite the rains.

If everything goes well, the film will go to the floors in June, sources stated.