Rishab Shetty bestowed with 'Most Promising Actor' at 2023 Dadasaheb Phalke Awards

2023 has surely begun on a super promising note for Rishab Shetty as his film Kantara continues to fetch him accolades. Having scored a massive success with the film, Rishab Shetty has been bestowed with a new honour in the form of the Most Promising actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards, 2023.

A confirmation letter signed off by the CEO of the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, Abhishek Mishra, has deemed Rishab's performance as Kantara's leading man Shiva to be truly worthy of the honour. The 2023 iteration of the Dadasaheb Phalke awards is scheduled to take place on February 20th at Mumbai's Taj Lands End hotel.

Previously, Kiccha Sudeep was adjudged the Most Promising actor by the jury at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards for his role as the antagonist in the Salman Khan starrer Dabangg 3.

Following the critical and stellar commercial success of Kantara, Rishab Shetty grew in prominence in a rather unprecedented manner to become the face of Kannada Cinema. He was among the select few members of the Kannada Film Fraternity to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently at Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru, along with fellow actor Yash, Kantara and KGF 2 producer Vijay Kiragandur, Gandhada Gudi producer Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar and social media content creator Shraddha Jain (also known as Aiyyo Shraddha).

Rishab Shetty took to social media to share a glimpse of the special meeting and also divulge that he got the opportunity to discuss the 'role of the entertainment industry in the shaping of new India and progressive Karnataka'.

On the other hand, Rishab is currently busy developing the much-awaited prequel to Kantara, a project tentatively titled Kantara 2. The upcoming instalment will have him take on the writer & director's role once again along with that of the leading man but with the prequel expected to boast a whole new narrative, he will be seen playing a new character altogether. Reports claim that Kantara 2 will be a 2024 release but there's no formal word on the same.