• Nawazuddin Siddiqui has admitted that Rishab Shetty is making him envious.
• However, he was clear that this type of envy is not “negative.”
• The Kannada director addressed the assertion as well and of the actor’s feelings.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has admitted that Rishab Shetty, an actor and director, is making him envious. However, he was clear that this type of envy is not “negative.” The Kannada director addressed the assertion as well and provided an explanation of the actor’s feelings.

In addition to directing and acting in the Kannada film Kantara, Rishab is currently enjoying success. The movie, which was initially released in Kannada, performed incredibly well at the box office, and word-of-mouth helped the movie’s sales so much that it was soon released in several other dubbed languages, including Hindi.

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Nawazuddin stated to Rishab and Nawaz as they were having a conversation outside of an event,“The entire country saw Risabh and is shocked. He did not promote it or anything, he slipped in quietly and broke all impressed one and all. If someone does good work, a sense of jealousy (crops in) and at the same time, the urge to compete inspires.”

Nawazuddin added when the reporter pointed out that he used the word “jealousy,” “Of course jealousy. It happens, because he is doing such good work. It is not that (negative) kind of jealousy but it makes you stand on your toes that even I have to work hard,” he added.

In response to the praise, Rishab showered Nawazuddin with similar compliments. Shetty said, “I have watched so many of Nawaz bhai’s movies and watched his journey filled with hard work and effort. He is like us, we are middle-class people with no background but we want to come into the industry and make it big. He is a very big inspiration. He has come from theatre and done so many small roles (before making it big). Even we have done such small roles in Kannada cinema before we got our big break. He is our senior, we have the same journey.”

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Although Kantara propelled Rishab to widespread recognition, he claims that he wants to continue creating Kannada movies and has no intention of switching to Bollywood. The movie is currently available for watching on Netflix in Hindi as well as Prime Video in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

Soon, Nawazuddin will appear alongside Avneet Kaur in Kangana Ranaut’s Tiku weds Sheru. A digital version of the movie is planned for Prime Video.