 "Rishab Shetty slams Bollywood, says 'It shows India in a bad light,' netizens troll back 'You pinched a woman's waist in Kantara without her consent'")
Rishab Shetty who recently won the National Award for his extraordinary Kantara is under social media storm after few inflammatory words against Bollywood. A clip has gone viral where Shetty, in an interview with MetroSaga, slams Bollywood and says how it shows India in a bad light.
The actor said, “Indian films, especially Bollywood, show India in a bad light. These art films are invited to global events and given a red carpet. My nation, my state, my language—my pride. Why not take it on a positive note globally, and that’s what I try to do.”
Netizens trolled him back by reminding him of a scene where he pinched a woman’s waist without her consent.
Shetty, who won the Best Actor Award at the 70th National Film Awards, on Friday said that he will not make “festival type” films anymore.
He was speaking to PTI on the sidelines of a press conference organised for winning the Best Actor Award for his portrayal in the Kannada film ‘ Kantara ’.
The national awards were announced by feature film jury head Rahul Rawail in New Delhi on Friday. The awards celebrated the best films made in 2022.
We premiere at festivals and win awards, but we do not get any platform for that. OTT platforms do not buy Kannada content, so we are forced to put it on YouTube channels. I am done with that. We don’t get any recovery from such films,” said Shetty.
Shetty said he has done three such festival films so far.
“Couple more are in the pipeline – ‘Pedro’ and ‘Vagachipani’. I produced these films because they gave me everything. I wanted to give something back to it. I think I am going to see how it goes in the future,” he added.
Incidentally, ‘ Kantara ’ also won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Award.