Vivek Oberoi faced online backlash after praising Kantara: Chapter 1 but mistakenly referring to it as a Telugu film instead of Kannada. Netizens criticised the actor, saying a simple Google search could have avoided the error

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