Who are you looking for?

Install Famoose

Keep Famoose on your home screen or desktop for easy access.

Open this site in Chrome or Edge and look for Install app in the browser menu or address bar. If no install option appears, you can bookmark Famoose instead.

Famoose.co
Appearance
Text size
Page width
Colour
Discover›Film & TV
Contents
Rishab Shetty
Filmmaker

Rishab Shetty

Famoose for

Writing, directing and starring in Kantara

Kirik Party · Kantara

Born
7 July 1983
Birthplace
Kundapura

More people

Angelina JoliePlaying Lara Croft and Maleficent.Scarlett JohanssonHaving a public stance on Israel.Brad PittPlaying Tyler Durden and producing 12 Years a Slave.

Rishab Shetty

Rishab Shetty is an Indian filmmaker and actor working in Kannada cinema. His career combines popular comedy, regional storytelling and performance.

Early life

Karnataka beginnings

Born Prashanth Shetty in Keradi, he studied commerce in Bengaluru and performed in yakshagana theatre.

Career

  1. 2012

    Acting debut

    Appeared in Tuglak.

  2. 2016

    Directing debut

    Directed Ricky and then Kirik Party.

  3. 2022

    Kantara

    Released the film in which he also played the lead.

Selected work

Kirik Party

A successful Kannada campus comedy.

Kantara

A rural drama whose leading performance brought him a National Film Award.

Beyond work

Before film

Worked in jobs including water delivery, hospitality and real estate while seeking film opportunities.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Rudhra Varma. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.