On Monday, superstar Yash, Kantara actor-filmmaker Rishab Shetty and comedian-actor Shraddha Jain paid a visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The meeting of the Sunday dinner was hosted at Raj Bhavan while the leader was on the tour at hisKarnataka visit.
The official Twitter handle of Karnataka BJP shared a picture of PM Modi accompanied by Yash, Rishab Shetty, late actor Puneeth Rajkumar’s wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, and Shraddha alias Aiyyo Shraddha.
“Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi met Karnataka film stalwarts in Bengaluru. He discussed with them about culture, and the contributions they can make towards new India and the progress of Karnataka,” the tweet stated.
According to the reports by media outlets, the topic of discussion ranged from Kannada language, culture, cinema, theatre, film industry, sports, sporting infrastructure, youth empowerment, talent to business opportunities. In the cue of events, the PM also reminisced the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar as his wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar endorsed the same.
Speaking about the experience of having a brief meetup with the Prime Minister, Rishab stated to ANI during an interview that, “I consider PM Modi as a great leader & I’m so happy to meet him. He asked about Kannada Film industry, what is going on and what we require etc and he also told what he can do. He praised Kantara movie.”
Shraddha, who was recently seen in Ayushmann Khurrana and Rakul Preet Singh’s Doctor G (2022), took to Twitter and shared her experience. She wrote, “Namashkar, yes, I met the Honorable Prime Minister of our country. His first word to me was ‘Aiyyo!’. I am not blinking, that’s my ‘O My Jod, he really said that, this is really happening!!!!’ look. Thank you @PMOIndia.”
