Cricket & cinema are two of my greatest loves: Rishab

The season of cricket is upon us and along with all the nuggets from the stadium, one recent video that went viral is that of Rishab Shetty’s Kantara-themed screenplay highlighting the name change of the Bengaluru team.

In a look reminiscent of his Shiva avatar from his film Kantara, Rishab is seen with buffaloes, using local Kundapura slang in his dialogues. “With Kantara Chapter 1 set to go on floors soon, my schedule has become extremely hectic. I didn’t have the time to travel to Bengaluru to put this video together. So we decided on a concept that works in such a way that we could shoot in my hometown in Kundapura,” shares Rishab.

Incidentally, the whole video was shot at a gadde (paddy field) in under three hours. “It’s the same field where we did our rehearsals for Kantara and the team which helped me in preparing for my role was also the one to aid me in shooting this video as well. I enjoyed planning this out as both cricket and cinema are two of my greatest loves,” he says.

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