Kamal Haasan's call left Rishabh Shetty shivering. Rishabh Shetty created a sensation with his film Kantara. Rishabh Shetty has been hogging the media limelight getting drowned in the accolades. It is comingout that when Kamal Haasan called Rishabh Shetty he was left shivering. Kamal Haasan said "Kantara is a great example. I am happy because I also belong to the Kannada film industry. I think the clouds have parted and more and more people are thinking differently in Karnataka, the land that gave us (great films)."
Rishabh Shetty shared “After watching the film, Kamal sir called me. Legendary filmmaker Girish Karnad’s Kaddu was also about the forest. Kamal sir did a movie (Thevar Magan) taking inspiration from that film. He told me about that inspiration. And he also said Kantara will also be an inspiration. When he called me, I was vibrating and shivering a lot,” t
He now went on to pen an emotional note dissecting the Kantara story. He said" I know you could not have seen a film called Nirmalyam by MT Vasudevan Nair. Your film has shades of that classic. Your cinematic DNA has many forefathers you may not know of, but remember that the cinematic language you speak came from them.”
Delighted Rishabh Shetty posted "It means a lot to receive such a lovely message from the legend of Indian cinema. Too overwhelmed and awestruck to see this surprise gift from Kamal sir. Thanks a ton for this precious gift sir..."