Raj B Shetty shuts down 'Shetty mafia' tag, champions collaboration in cinema
Actor-filmmaker Raj B Shetty, whose film
Su from So
, directed by JP Thuminad, became a runaway hit, recently addressed the 'Shetty mafia' label often attached to him and fellow stars
Rishab Shetty
and
Rakshit Shetty
. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, Raj said, 'In Karnataka, sometimes people call us the 'Shetty mafia' or the 'Shetty gang'. All I have to tell them is — please, form your own gang, brother.
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He further emphasised the value of collaboration in the industry: "If you are roaming around all alone and want all the name and glory for yourself, and are not ready to collaborate, then that's not our problem, brother."
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