Bollywood rom-com collides with Kannada epic—October 2 is set to ignite one of the fiercest box office battles of the year. On one side stands Varun Dhawan’s Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, a Dharma-backed family entertainer directed by Shashank Khaitan. On the other, Rishab Shetty returns with the thunderous Kantara: Chapter 1, a Kannada magnum opus riding on the cult success of its predecessor.