Rishab Shetty

Rishab Shetty
Rishab in 2023
Born	Prashanth Shetty[1] (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 (age 41) Keradi, Karnataka, India[2]
Alma mater	Vijaya College
Occupations	Actor Film director Film producer Screenwriter
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Pragati Shetty ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	2

Prashanth Shetty (born 7 July 1983),^[3] known professionally as Rishab Shetty, is an Indian actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema . He is known for his critical and commercial blockbuster, Kantara, which he directed and also starred in as the main lead. He is the recipient of several accolades, including three National Film Awards, two Karnataka State Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. To have wider reach coming forward Rishab Shetty going to act only in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema thereby confirming his unofficial retirement from Kannada cinema.

Early life

Shetty was born on 7 July 1983 in Kadri neighborhood in Mangaluru City of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka to a Bunt family.^[4][5][6][7] He did his schooling from Kundapura in Udupi district, Karnataka and later joined Vijaya College, Bengaluru to pursue B.Com. He started his theatre journey by doing yakshagana plays in Kundapura. He actively participated in plays while studying in Bengaluru. He was appreciated for his work and success in these plays encouraged him to pursue acting as a professional career.^[8]

Career

After his college, Shetty worked in several odd jobs like selling water cans, real estate and did hotel work while also parallelly trying his chances in movies.^[9][10] While working he also acquired a diploma in film direction from the Government Film and TV Institute in Bangalore.^[11] He started working in film industry as a clap boy, spot boy, assistant director etc. He met Rakshit Shetty while working in the industry, they became friends later on.

His first major role was in Tuglak (2012).^[12] He played a small role of a police officer in Pawan Kumar's Lucia and then played an important role in Ulidavaru Kandante, which was directed by Rakshit Shetty. Then in 2016, his directorial debut Ricky starring Rakshit Shetty received an average response at the box office. In the same year, he directed Kirik Party, which was an industry hit in Kannada cinema, at the box office. After Kirik Party, Shetty directed Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai, which received critical acclaim and won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film.

He debuted as a lead actor in Bell Bottom (2019) which was a well received. Rishab Shetty's major role after Bell Bottom was of Mangaluru-based gangster Hari in the film Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (2021). The film was a commercial and critical success in which the performance of Rishab Shetty and Raj B. Shetty was widely appreciated by critics.^[13]

He then appeared briefly in two films, Mishan Impossible and Harikathe Alla Girikathe (both in 2022), the former being is his Telugu film debut. Shetty collaborated with Hombale Films for his directorial Kantara in which he was also the lead actor.^[14] It was Initially released only in Kannada and was later dubbed into other languages, after receiving critical success.^[15] Kantara is the second highest-grossing Kannada film of all-time worldwide. At the 54th IFFI 2023, he won the IFFI Special Jury Award.^[16]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Tuglak	Villain	[17]
2013	Attahasa	Undercover Cop	[18]
	Lucia	Police Constable	[19]
2014	Ulidavaru Kandanthe	Raghu	[19]
2016	Ricky	Radhakrishna's Friend
2018	Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale	Inspector Kempraju
	Ambi Ning Vayassaytho	Film director	Cameo appearance
2019	Bell Bottom	Detective Divakara	[19]
	Katha Sangama	Mentally Disturbed Person	[19]
	Avane Srimannarayana	Cowboy Krishna	Cameo appearance
2021	Hero	Hero
	[e-mail]	Police inspector	Cameo appearance
	Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana	Hari	[20]
2022	Mishan Impossible	Khaleel	Telugu film; Cameo appearance [21]
	Harikathe Alla Girikathe	Giri / Himself
	Kantara	Shiva / Kantara	[22]
2023	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare	Senior	cameo appearance
2025	Kantara: Chapter 1 †	Shiva / Kantara	[23][24]
2026	Jai Hanuman †	Hanuman	Telugu film[25]
2027	The Pride Of Bharat Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj †	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj	Hindi film[26]

As director, writer and producer

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
2016	Ricky	Yes	Yes	No	Debut as director[17]
	Kirik Party	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Sa.Hi.Pra.Shaale Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	Katha Sangama	No	No	Yes	Creative head
2021	Hero	No	No	Yes	Co-writer
	Pedro	No	No	Yes
2022	Shivamma Yarehanchinala	No	No	Yes
	Kantara	Yes	Yes	No	[27]
2024	Laughing Buddha	No	No	Yes
2025	Vaghachipani †	No	No	Yes
	Kantara: Chapter 1 †	Yes	Yes	No

Awards and nominations

The Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu confers Rishabh Shetty Best Children's Film at the 66th National Film Awards ceremony, in New Delhi on December 23, 2019

The President Droupadi Murmu confers 'Medal Rajat' to the Director & Actor Rishab Shetty for Best Actor in a Leading Role Kantara (Kannada) at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, in New Delhi on October 08, 2024

Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Kirik Party	2016 Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Family Entertainer	Won	[28]
	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director – Kannada	Won	[29]
	2nd IIFA Utsavam	Best Director	Nominated	[30]
	6th SIIMA Awards	Best Director – Kannada	Won	[31]
Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	66th National Film Awards	Best Children's Film	Won	[32]
	2018 Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Family Entertainer	Won	[33] [34]
	66th Filmfare Awards South	Best Film – Kannada	Nominated	[35] [36]
		Best Director – Kannada	Nominated
	8th SIIMA Awards	Best Director – Kannada	Nominated	[37] [38]
		Best Film – Kannada	Nominated
Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana	10th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor – Kannada	Nominated	[39]
	67th Filmfare Awards South	Best Actor – Kannada	Nominated	[40]
Kantara	54th International Film Festival of India	IFFI Special Jury Award	Won	[41]
	11th SIIMA Awards	Best Director – Kannada	Won	[42]
		Best Actor (Critics)	Won
	68th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director – Kannada	Nominated	[43]
		Best Actor – Kannada	Won
	70th National Film Awards	National Film Award for Best Actor	Won	[44]
		National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Won
	Silver Lotus Award	Best Actor - Kannada	Won	[4]

References

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External links

• Rishab Shetty at IMDb