A poster of the 2022 Kannada film ‘Kantara’. A prequel to the film, ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ is currently running in theatres worldwide.
HOMBALE FILMS
Amid the craze around Kantara Chapter 1, the first Kantara film which originally released in 2022, has now climbed up the charts to rank among the most-watched non-English film worldwide on Netflix. In 2022, the film ranked among the global top ten non-English films for two weeks on the platform.
Kantara resurfaces on Netflix global top 10
The Hindi version of Rishab Shetty’s 2022 film, Kantara, has climbed back on the latest weekly list of non-English films that are among the most watched on Netflix worldwide. The film which got director-actor Rishab Shetty his international fame, is the eighth most-watched non-English film on Netflix for the week ending October 12.
Kantara (Hindi)
A still from the 2022 Kannada film ‘Kantara’.
HOMBALE FILMS
The Kannada film emerged as a surprise box office hit after releasing on September 30, 2022. The Hindi version was released a month later to cater to the audience demands. The original Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam versions landed on Amazon Prime Video in November 2022, and the Hindi version got a digital debut on Netflix in December 2022. An English version was also released on Netflix later. Kantara made its Netflix debut as ninth most-watched non-English film on the platform and slid down to the tenth position next week before dropping out of the weekly global list by Netflix.
Now, three years after it first released, the film has recorded one million views and 2.5 million watch-hours in the week ending October 12. The Hindi version of the film is now the world’s eighth most-watched non-English film on Netflix this week. It also ranked among the top ten most-watched film on the platform in six countries including India, Maldives, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Pakistan and United Arab Emirates.
When the film hit theatres, the Rishab Shetty film scored more than $35 million in a month at the box office. It gave tough competition to Bollywood releases which hit theatres around the same time. These included Ajay Devgn-starrer Thank God and Ram Setu headlined by Akshay Kumar.
War 2
Indian stars Hrithik Roshan and NTR in a still from ‘War 2’.
Yash Raj Films
Bollywood filmmaker Ayan Mukerji (Brahmastra fame) had a rather dull box-office run in August 2025 with his Hindi film War 2. The film, nonetheless, ranks among top ten most-watched non-English films on Netflix in its debut week on the platform. Registering 3.4 million views and 9.9 million watch-hours, the film is third most-watched non-English film on Netflix for the week ending October 12. It is also the most watched film on Netflix for the week in six countries including India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Mauritius. It also ranked among top ten most-watched films on the platform in 14 countries across the globe. With 3.5 million views in India alone, War 2 is also the most-watched film online in India.
War 2 is a sequel to Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff-starrer War (2019) and the sixth film in Yash Raj Films’ spy universe. The spy universe of the Indian production house features movies on fictional spies who work for the Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). Ek Tha Tiger (2012), starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif was the first film and was followed by two sequels – Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) and Tiger 3 (2023). Khan and Kaif featured in all three movies. After the 2019 film War rewrote box office success stories, Yash Raj Films announced the spy universe and released Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan in 2023 as the fifth film from its spy universe.
Hrithik Roshan, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor and Ashutosh Rana play lead roles of Indian spies in the film which features NTR in a special role alongside Varun Badola and KC Shankar.
Son of Sardaar 2
A poster of the new Hindi film ‘Son of Sardaar 2’.
Ajay Devgn Films
The Bollywood film Son of Sardaar 2 also managed to secure a position among top ten non-English movies most-watched on Netflix this week. With 0.9 million views and 2.2 million watch-hours, the Hindi film is the ninth most-watched non-English movie on the platform for the week ending October 12. It is the third week on the list for Son of Sardaar 2. The film also ranked among top ten movies in eight countries across the world.
Last week, Son of Sardaar 2 was the fourth most-watched non-English film worldwide on Netflix. It was also the most watched film in India, UAE and Pakistan. It made its debut at the fifth slot on the list. According to Ormax Media, it is the most-watched film on any online platform in India in the week ending October 5 with three million views in the country alone.
Vijay Kumar Arora has directed Son of Sardaar 2 which features Ajay Devgn along with Mrunal Thakur, Ravi Kishan, Kubbra Sait, Mukul Dev, Chunky Pandey, and Neeru Bajwa. The film is a sequel to the 2012 Hindi movie Son of Sardaar.
Kantara Chapter 1
Indian actor Rukmini Vasanth plays an important role in Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara Chapter 1’.
Hombale Films
Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 is a prequel to his 2022 film Kantara. The new film is creating box office records at the global ticket windows. It hit theatres on October 2, on the occasion of the Indian festival Dussehra. The film has already crossed the $80 million-mark at the global box office. Shetty stars in the lead role in the film along with Rukmini Vasanth, Gulshan Devaiah and Jayaram in pivotal roles. Anirudh Mahesh and Shanil Guru co-wrote Kantara Chapter 1 with Shetty.
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