Kantara: Urmila Matondkar lauds Rishab Shetty's film, says it is 'lesson for all filmmakers'

The Kannada blockbuster Kantara has found a new fan in the form of the popular Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar. After receiving praise from Prabhas, Kiccha Sudeep, Kangana Ranaut, Vivek Agnihotri, Prithviraj Sukumaran, and others, the Ek Hasina Thi actress has become the latest to join the Kantara bandwagon.

Taking to her Twitter account on the morning of Wednesday, October 26, Urmila wrote, "Kantara..simply awesome Great dekko into our culture with a message about the necessity of coexistence between man n nature.Above all a lesson for all filmmakers, content n creativity is never limited to budgets. Take a bow Mr. @shetty_rishab #KantaraTheLegend #KantaraForOscars".

Kantara..simply awesome Great dekko into our culture with a message about the necessity of coexistence between man n nature.Above all a lesson for all filmmakers, content n creativity is never limited to budgets. Take a bow mr. @shetty_rishab #KantaraTheLegend #KantaraForOscars pic.twitter.com/3FA1n9rxq7

— Urmila Matondkar (@UrmilaMatondkar) October 26, 2022

Rishab Shetty, who has directed and starred in Kantara, replied to the Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara actress and wrote, "Thank you so much", adding a red heart and eyes filled with heart emoji. The film's leading actress Sapthami Gowda also replied to her and wrote, "Thank you @UrmilaMatondkar ma’am."

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Rishab and Sapthami talked about their film becoming a monstrous hit in an exclusive conversation with DNA. The filmmaker said, "I never imagined such an enormous success. The concept on which I based the film, the conflict between humans and nature is a universal subject. My story was deeply rooted and regional so I had thought that this would be fresh to the audiences and would succeed, but never expected it would work so big."

For Sapthami, Kantara is just her second outing and she told DNA, "It feels overwhelming sometimes because I never expected this to ever happen in my career so early. It's still very difficult to digest and I am still taking it all in but I am really happy and really, really proud that I got to be part of this film. Today, when it has reached this scale, I am very grateful actually."