India’s most anticipated movie of 2025 is a regional movie with no celebrity; not Struggle 2, Coolie, Housefull 5, Thug Life
Apr 24, 2025 01:12 PM IST
A regional movie with no celebrity has beat awaited titles that includes heavyweights like Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Kamal Haasan, and Prabhas.
As the primary 4 months of 2025 draw to a detailed, there was a marked dearth of massive movies working on the field workplace in India. Many large releases fell flat, and other than Chhaava and L2: Empuraan, not many have been in a position to usher in the plenty to the theatres in droves. This has solely heightened the anticipation for greater movies within the the rest of the yr. However surprisingly, it’s a regional movie with no celebrity, that’s topping the charts, forward of among the largest movies in all industries.
India’s most anticipated movie of 2025
In accordance with a complete listing of probably the most anticipated Indian films of 2025 on IMDb, Kannada movie Kantara: Chapter 1, the prequel to the 2022 sleeper hit Kantara, is on the high of the listing. The movie stars Rishab Shetty because the lead, and he additionally directed it. In accordance with the movie’s strap, it ‘explores the origins of Kaadubettu Shiva through the Kadamba dynasty period, delving into the untamed wilderness and forgotten lore surrounding his previous’.
How Kantara Chapter 1 beat heavyweights
There are some superstarry films lined up for launch in 2025. Rajinikanth returns to the theatres in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Coolie, whereas Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam haved reunited for Thug Life. Prabhas is doing horror comedy in The Raja Saab, whereas Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR are taking the Spy Universe pan-India with Struggle 2. But, all these movies are beneath Kantara: Chapter 1 within the listing of most anticipated Indian movies.
The movie’s buzz lies within the success of the unique. Kantara was a success not simply in Karnataka however pan-India. The movie was a sensation throughout the nation. In Kannada, it was an all-time blockbuster, incomes ₹162 crore, nevertheless it additionally did very nicely in Telugu, incomes ₹42 crore. The craze within the south, the place the movie collectively earned ₹225 crore, led to a belated Hindi-dubbed launch three weeks later. And Kantara emerged as a blockbuster in Hindi too, minting ₹84 crore. On this regard, Kantara Chapter 1 is following within the footsteps of two south sequels which have adopted profitable half ones to script historical past – Pushpa 2: The Rule and KGF: Chapter 2. Each movies have been among the many largest hits of Indian historical past and broke the financial institution. The business is hoping for one thing related from Kantara: Chapter 1.
Other than Rishab, the movie additionally stars Jayaram, Kishore, Jayasurya, and Jisshu Sengupta. Produced by Hombale Movies, Kantara: Chapter 1 is slated to be launched on October 2.
