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Rishab Shetty: The Kundapura Boy Who Sold Water Cans Before He Sold Out Cinema Halls
Born in Keradi village near Kundapura, Rishab Shetty went from performing Yakshagana as a schoolboy and selling water cans in Bengaluru to writing, directing and starring in Kantara — a film so successful its 2025 prequel became one of the highest-grossing Kannada films ever. His career has been built almost entirely on refusing to leave coastal Karnataka's stories behind.
Rishab Shetty
Actor, film director, screenwriter and producer, primarily in Kannada cinema