Kantara, which opened in theatres on September 30, became one of the finest films of this year with great box-office results. Speaking at the India Today Conclave Mumbai 2022 in a session titled Make Bollywood Great Again, Varun Dhawan gave a shoutout to the film and said that one should ‘seek inspiration’ from it. He went on to add that there is no North-South divide as ‘we are one country. Kantara is an action-thriller, directed by and starring Rishab Shetty.