New Delhi: According to reports, the rumours that actress Urvashi Rautela will be joining the cast of Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara 2’ are “baseless and untrue.”
Sharing a picture of herself posing with ‘Kantara’ star Rishab Shetty, Urvashi posted on social media on Saturday that she would appear in the movie’s second act.
Much before this rumor comes to the surface a source close to production have come up with the clarification stating all these rumors a baseless.
A source close to the production house has revealed: “All the rumors around Urvashi Rautela casting in Kantara 2 are totally baseless and untrue. Recently, Urvashi Rautela just happened to be on the same premises as Rishab Shetty, where she requested to meet the Kantara fame and he politely obliged. She posted the picture clicked with him with a cryptic caption, giving rise to these completely false rumors.”
‘Kantara’ stars Rishab as a Kambala champion who is at loggerheads with an upright forest officer, Murali (played by Kishore). The story is set and filmed in Keradi in coastal Karnataka.
‘Kantara’ is one of the biggest films of 2022. The Rishab Shetty directorial spread from glowing word of mouth reviews and became the second highest grossing Kannada film of all time. After the success of ‘Kantara’, its sequel’s news has been much awaited.
On Sunday, actress Urvashi Rautela took to social media to announce that she will be a part of ‘Kantara 2’ starring Rishab Shetty.
Urvashi took to Instagram, where she shared a picture posing with Rishab, who also directed the film.
“#KANTARA 2 @rishabshettyofficial @hombalefilms loading #RS,” she wrote as the caption.
Check out Urvashi’s post here:
On the work front, Urvashi was recently seen in the song ‘Boss Party’ alongside megastar Chiranjeevi in the film ‘Waltair Vereeyya’.
Urvashi will next be seen with Ram Pothineni. She will also be Randeep Hooda’s co-star in ‘Inspector Avinash’.
Meanwhile, ‘Kantara’ is an action-thriller written and directed by Rishab Shetty.Rishab was also the lead hero in the film. Despite the appreciation for its cast, cinematography, design, action, and editing, the film courted controversy for many reasons.
Earlier, Rishab announced that ‘Kantara 2’ will be a prequel to ‘Kantara’.