Rishab Shetty

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rishab Shetty

• Rishab Shetty is an Indian actor, director, producer and writer, who works primarily in the Kannada film industry. He is famous for writing, directing, and acting in the 2022 Kannada film ‘Kantara.’

• He was brought up in the village of Keradi village, Kundapura, Udupi, Karnataka.

• When he was studying in college, he developed an interest in acting.

• Before he became an actor, he worked as an assistant director. In the 2006 Kannada-language film “Cyanide,” he worked as an assistant director with the film director A. M. R. Ramesh. He was fascinated by Ramesh’s work as a director and decided to become a director.

• In an interview, Rishab revealed that when he was assisting A. M. R. Ramesh on the film “Cyanide,” he was offered a role of a supporting actor in a film after which he kept acting for several years and kept aside his wish for directing a film.

• After he debuted as an actor in 2012, he was cast in the 2013 Kannada film ‘Attahasa’ in which he played the character of an undercover cop. In the 2016 Kannada film ‘Ricky,’ he appeared as a supporting character. In the 2019 Kannada film ‘Avane Srimannarayana,’ he played a cameo role as Cowboy Krishna. In the 2021 popular Kannada gangster film ‘Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana,’ he was cast in the lead role as Hari.

  

• He debuted in a lead role with the 2019 film ‘Bell Bottom’ in which he played the role of Detective Divakara.

  

• After making his directorial debut in 2016, he directed his second film, ‘Kirik Party,’ in the same year. In 2018, he directed a socio-political comedy film titled ‘Sarkaari Hiriya Praathamika Shaale, Kaasaragodu, Koduge: Raamanna Rai.’

  

• Some movies that are written by Rishab Shetty are ‘Kirik Party’ (2016), ‘Sarkaari Hiriya Praathamika Shaale, Kaasaragodu, Koduge: Raamanna Rai’ (2018), ‘Kantara’ (2022), and more.

• In 2019, he produced the film ‘Katha Sangama;’ he was also the creative head of the film. He produced and co-wrote the film ‘Hero,’ which was released in 2021. Some other films produced by Rishab are ‘Pedro’ (2021), ‘Shivamma’ (2022), and more.

  

• In 2016, he started his own production house named ‘Rishab Shetty Films.’

• In an interview, Rishabh revealed that the first gift that he gave to his wife was a pair of golden earrings (Jhumkas), and the first gift that he received from his wife was a bottle of Old Monk rum.

• During a quiz game in an interview, Rishabh’s wife, Pragathi, shared that he would be working in the construction business if he was not a part of the film industry.

• In 2017, he appeared on the reality TV show Bigg Boss Kannada’s Kicchan Time. He received a certificate for learning to cook the dish ‘RiMeg Cream Chicken’ at Kicchan Time.

  

• In an interview, while talking about some behind-the-scenes of the 2022 film ‘Kantara,’ he revealed that he did not eat meat for about a month while shooting for the film, he said,
  

  I consulted many people who offer poojas to demigods in coastal areas. I visited Dharmasthala and sought blessings and advice from Dharmasthala administrator Veerendra Heggade who gave me a green signal. I not only prayed to the demigods but also did not eat non-vegetarian food for a month during the shooting.” ^[9]Bangalore Mirror

  

• After the massive success of the 2022 film ‘Kantara,’ which was directed by him, in an interview, on being asked about what made the film popular outside Karnataka and what was his thought process while making the film, he said,
  

  I strongly believe in the line – more regional is more universal. I think what we are doing wrong with the whole pan-Indian cinema dream is that we are trying to make bigger films. What’s the point when I try to make the kind of film that has already been made before in some other industry or in the west? Why will audiences pay money to watch such a film in theatres when they can watch it on OTT? In Kantara, I took elements from my own village and mixed it with a story about the conflict between some patch of land owned by some farmers and the forest department. It’s actually a story of humans versus nature. The differentiating aspect was the use of the mythology which is very region-specific and it worked wonders with the audience.” ^[10]Hindustan Times