Ram Gopal Varma who had made various Bollywood Big Budget movies. The director is all praises for actor-director Rishab Shetty after the success of his film, Kantara.  According to the Box office, Kantara has grossed over ₹ 100 crore globally. Directed and written by Rishab himself, the film was dubbed and released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu this Friday  and is doing very well at box office.

Ram Gopal Varma took to his social media and wrote , “ The @Shetty_Rishab destroys the myth in film people that only mega budget films will pull people into theatres.. #Kantara will be a major lesson for decades to come.” She referred to Rishab's character in the film and Daiva the demigod in the film, and added, “In the film industry now, @Shetty_Rishab is like a Shiva multiplied by Guliga Daiva and the villains are the 300 cr, 400 cr, 500 cr budget filmmakers who are being killed by a heart attack called #Kantara collections.”

 He further added, “Thanks to the DEVIL called @shetty_rishab all big budget film makers will now suddenly keep waking up in the night from the nightmare collections of #Kantara, Like how Shiva keeps walking up to Guliga Daiva.” He signed off by thanking the actor-director for his ‘wonder lesson called #Kantara’ and said, “All film industry people will need to pay you tuition fees.”

Speaking about the film, Kantara, which translates to the mystical forest, tells the story of a local demigod (Bhoota) who trades forest land to the tribe's people with a king in 1870 in exchange for happiness. Many years later, when the king’s son grows greedy and wants the land back, he dies due to the wrath of Bhoota.

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