Production for the second installment of "War" has been ongoing for some time, with various clips from Spain featuring Ayan Mukherjee, the director, circulating on social media. However, Jr NTR, another cast member of the film, has not yet joined the shoot.

Even amidst all the buzz, he sat down with Pinkvilla for an interview, where he mentioned that by the year's end he hopes to start shooting for "Brahmastra 2".

While most debates surrounding the showbiz industry in India these days tend to compare the original South Indian releases with its Bollywood remakes, the fact that original releases crafted by these non-Hindi Indian industries have been doing extremely well at the box office remains steady. With that in mind, this article takes yet another comparative uptake on two recent releases—the Kannada-based production “Kantara – A Legend” and “Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva”.