Kantara actor-director Rishab Shetty talks about critics of the film: “Saddened to see vain attempts to pull it down” : Bollywood News

Taking Kannada cinema to a whole new level of success is the man of the moment Rishab Shetty, the Kantara star-director. As the film continues to set new records in five languages including Hindi, Rishab remains unfazed by the naysayers who attack for attention.

Kantara actor-director Rishab Shetty talks about critics of the film: “Saddened to see vain attempts to pull it down”

“It is sad that our film which celebrates our culture and tradition is being questioned. I am saddened to see these vain attempts to pull down Kantara. The film has already gone to the people. And they have embraced it. These people (expressing dissent) are being misled,” says Rishab in Hindi.

Kantara is not the first film Rishab has directed. “It is my fourth directorial. My earlier three films as director Ricky, Kirik Party and Sa.Hi.Pra. Shaale Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai did not feature me as the lead actor, though I did a cameo in the third.”

Rishab revealed the connect between the idea behind Kantara and his kids, calling Kantara as his third (child), “Both my children are Covid babies. And my third baby, Kantara is also a Covid baby, considering I wrote it during the lockdown. Rather, it wrote itself out. I had to make no effort to put together the images and ideas that were in my head since my childhood.”

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