Kantara Rishab Shetty, KGF Yash, & Vijay Kiragandur Of Hombale Films Meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Films like Kantara and KGF 1 & 2 have played a key role in putting Kannada Film Industry on the national and international map. Apart from minting money and entertaining moviegoers all over the country, these films have created an impact on international platforms. Incidentally, these phenomenal movies are bankrolled by Vijay Kiragandur under the production banner Hombale films.

The production house which enjoyed the success of KGF 1, KGF2, and Kantara now has another feather in its cap. Vijay Kirangandur along with actor Yash and actor-writer-director Rishab Shetty of Kantara along with late Puneeth Rajkumar's wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru on February 13. In addition to these film personalities, popular social media comedian Shraddha Jain AKA Aiyyo Shraddha was also one of the celebrities who represented the Karnataka entertainment industry.

Prime Minister Modi chalked some time out to meet these Sandalwood personalities and on the occasion, appreciated their talent and efforts. He was in Bengaluru to attend the Aero India 2023 event. According to the available information, it is learned that the Sandalwood industry representatives discussed different aspects of the growth of Indian cinema with the Prime Minister.

The official twitter handle of Hombale films share two pictures and wrote, "Inspiring meeting PM
@narendramodi
ಅವರು as we discussed role of Entertainment industry in shaping New India and Progressive Karnataka. Proud to contribute towards #BuildingABetterIndia 🇮🇳 Your visionary leadership inspires us & your encouragement means the world to us
@PMOIndia" (sic)

Check it out here:

The team then clicked pictures with the Prime Minister and aspects related to the Karnataka film industry such as the number of theatres in Karnataka, and the effect of cinema on the economy among others were discussed at large.

Meanwhile, Hombale is lining up a much bigger variety of films such as the prequel of Kantara, Prabhas' Salaar, a Tamil movie with Keerthy Suresh titled Raghu Thatha, a Hindi film, etc.