Rishab Shetty said that two production houses were working during Covid-19. One was his Rishab Shetty films, the other was Rakshit Shetty's Paramvah Studios.
At IFFI, Rishab Shetty won the special jury award for Kantara. Bulgarian film director Stephan Komandarev won the Best Director award for Blaga’s Lessons.