Rishab Shetty can rival Dulquer Salmaan in terms of gaining prominence in the Telugu film industry. What is common between the two actors is that they both are non-Telugu stars whose popularity among the Telugu audience is pretty decent.
Rishab was catapulted to fame by 'Kantara', the 2022 blockbuster. Dulquer was catapulted to fame by 'Mahanati' and 'Sita Ramam'. His cameo in the recent 'Kalki 2898 AD' received more attention than was expected.
'Lucky Baskhar' (to be released in theatres on October 31) presents DQ with the best opportunity to become more popular than before in Telugu. 'Kaantha' will be another big opportunity for him.
On the other hand, Rishab's real journey in Telugu is just getting started. He is said to be in talks for a project to be produced by Sitara Entertainments. Beyond that, Mythri Movie Makers and director Prasanth Varma are considering him for the Hanuman character in 'Jai Hanuman'. These two projects have the potential to make the Kannada actor vastly popular among the Telugu audience.
Young Tamil heroes like Suriya, Karthi and Dhanush will be joined by the Rishab-Dulquer duo at this rate.
