Prashant Shetty, known professionally as Rishab Shetty, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who primarily works in Kannada cinema.
Shetty was born on 7 July 1983 in Keradi village of Kundapura taluk, in Udupi district, Karnataka. He did his schooling from Kundapura and later joined Vijaya College to pursue B.Com. He started his theater journey by doing yakshagana plays in Kundapura. He actively participated in plays while studying in Bengaluru.
He started working in the film industry as a clap boy, spot boy, assistant director, etc.
His first major role was in the movie Tuglak. He played a small role of a police officer in Pawan Kumar’s Lucia and then played a key role in the film Ulidavaru Kandante, which was directed by Rakshit Shetty. After Kirik Party Shetty went on to direct Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shale, the movie received a good response from the audience and went on to win the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film at the 66th National Film Awards.
He debuted as a lead in Bell Bottom (2019 film) which was a well-received Kannada movie of 2019. Rishab Shetty’s major role after Bell Bottom was of Mangaluru-based Gangster ‘Hari’ in the film Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana released in the year 2021, the film was a commercial and critical success.
In 2022 Rishab Shetty in collaboration with Hombale Films released the movie Kantara which he directed and starred in. Kantara was a super hit of 2022, becoming the second highest-grossing Kannada movie of all time. Initially released only in the Kannada language and after receiving rave reviews and a massive box office collection, the movie was released in four other Indian languages. The movie received nationwide appreciation with several actors and movie critics praising the movie and Shetty’s performance as a protagonist.
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