Rishab Shetty, whose latest release Kantara Chapter 1 is breaking box office records with each passing day and has already grossed Rs 800 crore worldwide, was seen as the guest in one of recent episodes of Kaun Banega Crorepati 17, which is being hosted by the legendary Amitabh Bachchan. In the episode, the Kannada actor-director talked about his struggles in the early days in his film career and also recounted an incident when he went to Amitabh Bachchan's home Jalsa but left empty-handed.
The National Award-winning actor said, "We come from a lower-middle-class family. Financially, things were tough. My father was an astrologer. In Bangalore, I got a chance to do theatre. My first play was actually a Marathi play, Ghashiram Kotwal, which we translated and performed in Kannada. I played