The great actor-director Rishab Shetty is currently enjoying himself owing to the enormous success of his most recent film, Kantara. The action-thriller film, which is based on a myth from mythology, has been getting excellent reviews from viewers. Kantara, which was not initially intended to be a pan-Indian movie, has even been dubbed in other prominent Indian languages as a result of the positive reception. Actor-director Rishab Shetty spoke openly about the recent rise of Kannada film and how it has created a wide range of opportunities in an interview.
Rishab Shetty expressed his joy in the interview about the Kannada cinema industry finally receiving the love and respect it has long deserved. “People are finally recognizing us. There was a period that we consider the ‘Golden era’ of Kannada cinema. But later, there came a phase where the quality of the films somewhere went downhill. But now, the success of a film like KGF happened, and a production banner like Hombale Films has given some path-breaking films. It has created a new path for the filmmakers in the industry to explore more”, said the director of Kantara.
“And many big changes are happening in cinema these days. The differentiations based on languages – like Bollywood, Tollywood, or Sandalwood are slowly fading. We are becoming the Indian film industry. We made this film only in Kannada initially. Because I wanted to make this content, which is deeply rooted in this particular culture, in Kannada first. However, the entire world accepted the film so wonderfully. It was after the success of the Kannada version, people started asking us to release the film in Hindi and other languages. The audiences have started looking at cinema from a different perspective,” he added.
The Keraadi region of coastal Karnataka serves as the backdrop for the Hombale Films-funded Kantara movie. The lead actor in the movie is Rishab Shetty, who also wrote the script and directed it. Key characters in this critically praised movie are played by Sapthami Gowda, Kishore, Achyuth Kumar, Pramod Shetty, and others. Kantara's translations into Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi are currently being prepared for release.
