Rishab Shetty, whose recent film Kirik Party, which turned out to be a big hit, has announced his next directorial venture.
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By Santhosh Kumar
Actor/Director
Rishab
Shetty,
who
is
currently
basking
in
the
success
of
Kirik
Party,
had
announced
three
projects
-
a
children
film,
film
with
Kiccha
Sudeep
and
an
Anthology
titled
Katha
Sangama.
But
there
were
not
many
details
about
these
projects.
However,
last
night,
the
Kirik
Party
star
Rakshit
Shetty
took
to
Twitter
to
tweet
the
first
look
poster
of
his
director
Rishab
Shetty's
next
Katha
Sangama
as
-
"A
Delicious
platter
is
on
your
way.
Get
ready
to
savour
this.
#KathaSangama".
Rishab
Shetty
confirmed,
"For
years
to
come
he
will
be
an
inspiration
for
many
directors
and
I'm
no
different.
With
the
launch
of
my
production
house,
I
am
feeling
happy
to
pay
a
small
tribute
to
the
man
himself".
He
went
on
to
further
tweet,
"My
new
venture,
an
Anthology,
an
ode
to
the
legendary
Puttanna
Kanagal.
Here
is
the
poster
of
my
new
feature
film,
where
7
different
teams
work
on
7
different
films
and
are
knitted
together
as
'Katha
Sangama'.
Happy
to
collaborate
with
H
K
Prakash,
Pradeep
NR"
As
reported
earlier,
Haripriya
was
part
of
this
Anthology.
She
tweeted,
"Our
1st
poster
of
"Katha
Sangama" Happy
2
b
a
part
of
dis
beautiful
stories
It's
a
tribute
2
d
legendary
filmmaker
"Lt.Dr
Puttanna
Kangal".
Even
though
Rishab
did
not
reveal
more
details
about
the
cast
and
crew;
the
poster
has
made
it
clear
that
this
is
an
ode
to
the
legend
Puttanna
Kanagal
who
had
made
a
film
with
Anthology
and
the
same
title
back
in
1974,
which
had
Kalyan
Kumar,
Rajanikanth
and
Arathi
in
the
lead
roles.
H.K.
Prakash,
who
bankrolled
Rangitaranga
and
Rakshit
Shetty's
next
Avane
Srimannarayana,
is
producing
the
film
along
with
Pradeep
N.R.
and
Rishab
Shetty
under
the
banner
Sridevi
Entertainers
and
Rishab
Shetty
Cinemas.
More
details
on
this
film
are
awaited.