Undoubtedly, Mammootty is the pride of Malayalees. It has been 53 years since he entered the film industry. Meanwhile, he has been considered for state and national awards for best actor over the years. It is known that this time too he is one of the actors considered for the National Award for Best Actor. But unexpectedly, he has to face tough competition from one corner.
A Kannada actor is competing with Mammootty for the Best Actor award. But surprisingly, a large number of Malayalis are supporting the foreign actor instead of Mammootty. The reason for this is that this foreign language actor is considered for the best actor award for any film, not only because it was such a great film but also because the actor gave an outstanding performance in this film. It can be said that this is a film that changed the face of Kannada cinema.
We are talking about the movie Kantara. Rishabh Shetty played the central character in the movie. The actor appeared in dual roles in this film. He gave an extraordinary performance with father and mother. He played two extreme characters in this movie. Kantara was a shocker as it included mythology in a typical action period film.
The film was made on a budget of just 16 crores. But the collection of the movie was more than 400 crores. Kanthari collected a bigger collection than KGF 2 from Karnataka. It is known that the film has earned more than 100 crores from the Hindi box office alone. In any case, the audience says that Rishabh Shetty deserves this National Award more than Mammootty who has won the National Award many times.
