Kantara Chapter 1 to be banned in Kerala

Rishabh Shetty's Kantara Chapter 1 is releasing on 2 October 2025. Expectations are high on the project as it happens to be the prequel to the hit film Kantara.

In the meantime, reports are coming that Kantara Chapter 1 could be banned in Kerala state. Film Exhibitors Union of Kerala (FEUOK) president K. Vijayakumar shared “As per our existing terms, other language films being distributed in Kerala can only demand 50% profit from the film collections on the first few days. But Prithviraj Productions has demanded 55%, and that too for a span of two weeks. We allowed 55% profits to distributors in special cases during the COVID pandemic phase. However, we won't allow such demands in the current scenario.”

He  added “Thudarum was a huge hit in Kerala, but when the film was distributed outside the state, the producer M Ranjith faced huge losses. Big production houses demand huge profit share for screening other language releases in Kerala, but they have no issue settling for a 30 to 40 per cent of the revenue share from theatres when films are distributed outside the state.”