Kantara director Rishab Shetty Biography: Kantara director Family, wife, qualification, upcoming movies

Rishab Shetty biography tells that he is an Indian director, writer, actor and producer who predominantly work in Kannada film industry. Rishab Shetty was born on 7 July 1983 in Keradi village Kundapura, Udupi district Karnataka. Kantara director and hero Rishab Shetty’s age is 39 years. Because of the success that movie got in recent times, many people are interested to know about Rishab Shetty Biography, Family, wife, qualification, upcoming movies.

Rishab Shetty Physical Appearance:

Biography of Rishab Shetty stands with his height approx 5 feet 7 inches and weight approx 69 kg. His body shape is average, his body type’s average and he looks smart, handsome, and very charming with his Black Eyes and Black hair color.

Qualification:

In Rishab Shetty Biography he is a diploma holder in film direction from the Government Film and TV Institute in Bangalore. He started off in the Kannada film industry by assisting director A. M. R. Ramesh in Cyanide film.

Family Details:

Biography of Rishab Shetty says that he is Indian and belongs to the Hindu religion. In his family, his wife, Pragathi Rishab Shetty, his father’s name is Bhaskar Shetty, and his mother Lakshmi Shetty. He has one brother Praveen Shetty.

Rishab Shetty family says that his real name is Prashant Shetty. His father Bhaskar Shetty is a renowned astrologer and told him to change his name to Rishab Shetty. Though his luck has been changed apparently. He has a brother whose name is Praveen Shetty.

Rishab Shetty Wife and Son:

He got married to Pragathi Shetty on 9 February 2017. The couple has a son named Ranvit Shetty, born on 07 April 2019. As of now, Rishab Shetty’s son Ranvit Shetty’s age is 3 years. Rishab Shetty and wife Pragathi have been blessed with a baby girl recently.

couple welcomed their second child at the early hours of Friday, March 4th. His first gift to his wife Pragathi Rishab Shetty was Earings whereas Pragathi Rishab Shetty gifted him an Old Monk Rum.

Pragathi Shetty has previously served as a costume designer on ‘Sarkari. Hi. Pra. Shale Kasaragodu’ and ‘Bell Bottom’ and will be seen donning the role once again for film ‘Harikathe Alla Girikathe’ that stars Rishab in the lead

Film life:

His favourite actress in the Kannada film industry is Ramya (Divya Spandana). Biography of rishabh shetty says that he has a strong background in theatre and has also done Yakshagana which is Coastal Karnataka’s traditional dance folk. He is the very close friend of Rakshit Shetty. In 2012, he made acting debut with a small role in Thuglak which stars Rakshit Shetty and Meghana Gaonkar in the main leads.

Later on, in Rishab Shetty Biography says that he was seen in several Kannada films which include Lucia, Ulidavaru Kandanthe, Ricky, Home Stay and many more. 2019’s Bell Bottom Kannada movie was his first movie as the main lead where he cast opposite Haripriya. The film was directed by Jayatheerta and it became a blockbuster hit at the box office.

As the main lead, he will next be seen in Nathuram Kannada movie, Antagoni Shetty Kannada movie (which is also releasing in Hindi), and Mahaniyare Mahileyare Kannada movie. His debut movie as a director was 2016’s Ricky, got a mixed response from the audiences. His next directorial project was ‘Kirik Party'(2016) which was written by Rakshit Shetty.

The movie was a massive hit at the box office. He was then written and directed ‘Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai’ which was also a box-office hit. He then directed ‘Katha Sangama’ which has seven directors in total. His next directorial movie is Rudraprayag Kannada movie which yet to commence its shooting. In 2021, he has appeared on ‘Harikathe Alla Girikathe‘ and Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana.

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Rishab Shetty Upcoming movies:

Upcoming movies are Rudraprayag, Laughing Buddha, Nathuram, Bell Bottom 2

Rishab Shetty Awards and Honors:

Rishab Shetty Biography says that he was awarded lots of awards in his career, including which Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada, and the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film are few of them.

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He was awarded in 2017 with Karnataka State Award for Kirik Party in the best film category  Filmfare Award for Kirik Party as the Best Director Siima Award for Kirik Party as the Best Director.

In Rishab Shetty Biography, who is currently basking in the phenomenal success of his latest release Kantara, feels the pan-Indian cinema wave will die down soon if we don’t approach it in the right way. Rishab feels the idea of a pan-Indian movie shouldn’t be about making a big-scale film.

Instead, he believes it should be about telling region-specific stories that are packaged in a way that it appeals to audiences across the industries. Main part of Rishab Shetty Biography is success of Kantara. Originally made in Kannada, Kantara has grossed over Rs. 100 crore globally and was dubbed and released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu over the weekend.

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In Rishab Shetty Biography  the film’s success has surpassed everyone’s expectations which includes Rishab’s own in Karnataka. “In some small villages of Karnataka where single screens are still a big deal, shows were running houseful throughout and theatre owners had to put extra chairs in the halls to accommodate the audience.

Some theatre owners told us that they’re seeing old people come to their halls for the first time in 40 years. That’s the kind of response the film has seen, and it’s unbelievable.” Never anticipated this kind of success in Rishab Shetty Biography. What has stunned him even more is how the film has been received even outside Karnataka. “Initially, we never had plans to dub and release the film in other languages. We thought we will dub the film when it comes on OTT but after seeing the reception for the Kannada version outside Karnataka, distributors contacted us and wanted to dub and release the film.”