Rajinikanth meets with Kantara director-actor Rishab Shetty amid movie success, gets moved with his humble gesture

The time that we are living in today is one of the best times for Indian cinema as the barriers of language have withered down and films today are classified as Indian films irrespective of the regions they come from. The success of Telugu films like RRR and Pushpa: The Rise, and Kannada franchise KGF are true examples of that, and the latest film to join that list is Rishab Shetty’s Kantara. The film has emerged as a phenomenon and slowly it’s rising across the nation in its popularity as well as the box office numbers. Amid all this success, Rishab Shetty paid a special visit to the Thalaiva Rajinikanth and his humble gesture has just moved people.

 

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A few days ago, Rajinikanth had praised Rishab Shetty and the film Kantara on Twitter, writing a beautiful note. He had written, ““The unknown is more than the known” no one could have said this better in cinema than @hombalefilms #KantaraMovie you gave me goosebumps @shetty_rishab Rishab hats off to you as a writer, director and actor. Congrats to the whole cast and crew of this masterpiece in indian cinema (sic)”. 

“The unknown is more than the known” no one could have said this better in cinema than @hombalefilms #KantaraMovie you gave me goosebumps @shetty_rishab Rishab hats off to you as a writer,director and actor.Congrats to the whole cast and crew of this masterpiece in indian cinema

— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) October 26, 2022

Touched by his words, Rishab Shetty was over the moon as he replied to Rajinikanth saying, “Dear @rajinikanth sir you are biggest Superstar in India and I have been your fan since childhood. Your appreciation is my Dream come true. You inspire me to do more local stories and inspire our audiences everywhere. Thank you sir (sic)”.

Dear @rajinikanth sir ? you are biggest Superstar in India and I have been your fan since childhood. Your appreciation is my Dream come true. You inspire me to do more local stories and inspire our audiences everywhere. Thank you sir ?❤️ https://t.co/C7bBRpkguJ

— Rishab Shetty (@shetty_rishab) October 26, 2022

Now, after exchanging words on Twitter, the Kantar actor-director went to meet the Thalaiva in person at his Chennai residence and his humble gesture there has just won netizens over. As Rishab met his idol, he bent down to touch his feet and seek Rajini sir’s blessings. The two even indulged in conversation over cinema and Rajini sir gifted a shawl to Rishab as is traditionally done in the South with guests. Sharing these priceless pictures from their meeting, Rishab wrote a note in his native language which loosely translates to, “Thank you @rajinikanth sir. We are always grateful for your appreciation of our movie #Kantara”.

Check out the pictures here:

ನೀವು ಒಂದ್ ಸಲ ಹೊಗಳಿದ್ರೆ.. ನೂರು ಸಲ ಹೊಗಳ್ದ೦ಗೆ ನಮಗೆ.❤️ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು @rajinikanth sir ನಮ್ಮ ಕಾಂತಾರ ಚಿತ್ರ ನೋಡಿ ನೀವು ಮೆಚ್ಚಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ನಾವು ಸದಾ ಆಭಾರಿ?? #Kantara @VKiragandur @hombalefilms @gowda_sapthami @Karthik1423 pic.twitter.com/MNPSDR5jx8

— Rishab Shetty (@shetty_rishab) October 28, 2022

Rishab was accompanied by producer Karthik Gowda of Hombale Films as well, and taking to the official Twitter page of Hombale films, it was tweeted, “Moments to treasure for life for the #HombaleFilms #Kantara team. With #noneother than the #Thalaiva himself. Thank you @rajinikanth sir for your precious time (sic)”.

Moments to treasure for life for the #HombaleFilms #Kantara team. With #noneother than the #Thalaiva himself
Thank you @rajinikanth sir for your precious time. ?@VKiragandur @hombalefilms @HombaleGroup @shetty_rishab @Karthik1423 pic.twitter.com/C0TGF1sYXH

— Hombale Films (@hombalefilms) October 29, 2022

Kantara is surely emerging out to be one of the biggest successes from Kannada cinema and it is being loved by all across the nation. The film is doing wonders at the box office and its Hindi version’s collection are growing by the day with a two week total of Rs 31.70 crores. Written and directed by Rishab, who also plays the lead in the film, Kantara tells the story of Kambala champion who is at loggerheads with an upright DRDO officer.

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