Anil Kapoor paid tribute to the Kannada film industry as he reminisced about his debut Pallavi Anupallavi after 43 years. He praised Yash, Rishab Shetty, and Prashanth Neel for taking Kannada cinema to global heights

Gulshan Devaiah has clarified that scheduling conflicts—not payment issues—led him to turn down Yash’s Toxic. The actor chose to prioritise Kantara: Chapter 1 as his Kannada debut