Yash Teases ‘K.G.F. 3,’ Talks Global Reach of Indian Cinema: ‘The World Is Our Territory’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Prashanth Neel’s “K.G.F: Chapter 2,” starring Yash, is one of the biggest box office hits this spring, having grossed approximately $120 million worldwide since its April 14 release.Produced by Vijay Kiragandur for Hombale Films, “K.G.F: Chapter 2” was made on a budget of $13 million and is a sequel to 2018 film “K.G.F: Chapter 1.” Set during the 1970s and 1980s, the film followed the journey of gangster Rocky (Yash) and his bid to gain control of the Kolar Gold Fields.
The sequel continues his journey and the stakes are higher with his opponents including the Prime Minister of India. The film is in the Kannada-language with dubbed versions in the Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam languages.
The filmmakers had some idea of what the film could achieve, when the teaser was released in Jan. 2021, and, as the film’s release got postponed due to the pandemic, gathered more than 258 million views. “It’s overwhelming, for sure,” Yash told Variety about the film’s box office success. “But the potential of the market was already clear.”The end credits of “K.G.F: Chapter 2” contain an MCU-style hint at a third chapter. “Already we have thought of a lot of scenes, me and Prashanth,” says Yash. “There are a lot of things which we couldn’t do in ‘Chapter 2.’ So we know there are a lot of possibilities, a lot of kick-ass scenes are there.
But it’s just an idea. And we’ve just left it there right now.”The “K.G.F” journey began in 2014, when Kiragandur, fresh off producing Hombale’s debut “Ninnindale,” starring the late Puneeth Rajkumar, approached Yash.
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