The box office buzz was led by Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ and Varun Dhawan’s ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’, both drawing large audiences and boosting collections. The makers of ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ announced an impressive milestone, with over 1.28 million tickets sold on the first day alone. The film also set a new record on Book My Show for the highest Day 1 sales in 2025. A post on the film’s official Instagram read, “The roar of KantaraChapter1 echoes across the nation with 1.28 MILLION tickets sold in 24 hours! Experience BlockbusterKantara only in cinemas.”Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ premiered on October 2 in multiple languages, including Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, and English.