Kannada actor and director Rishab Shetty’s action thriller film Kantara, which was released last year, went on to become a blockbuster. The film has been widely praised by both audiences and critics. Meanwhile, Rishab Shetty has shared a piece of good news with his fans.

He recently participated in the 100-day success celebrations of Kantara in Bengaluru. He thanked everyone who supported the movie in the program. On the occasion, the writer, actor, and director of the film, Rishab Shetty was seen speaking about the Kantara sequel.

“We are very pleased and thankful to the audience who had shown immense love and support to Kantara and taking the journey ahead, with the blessing of almighty Daiva the film has successfully completed 100 days and I would like to take this opportunity to announce the prequel of Kantara. What you have seen is actually Part 2, Part 1 will come next year," Shetty said.

“The idea has been flashed into my mind while I was shooting for Kantara because the history of Kantara has more depth to it, and currently, if the writing part is concerned we are in the middle of digging into more details. As the research is still progressing, it would be very early to reveal details about the film," the actor added.

Shetty shared that what the audience has seen for now is actually part 2 and therefore what will be released next is Kantara’s prequel. Dropping hint about the release date, the actor also revealed that the film is likely to hit theatres in 2024.

According to reports, Rishab is currently busy working on the story and is visiting the various forest areas of coastal Karnataka in order to conduct the research.