‘He’ll at all times be our Rocky Bhai’: KGF producers dismiss ‘incorrect’ studies claiming Yash wasn’t first alternative for movie
Revealed on: Aug 13, 2025 02:05 pm IST
Hombale Movies, producers of KGF movies, have reacted to studies claiming that Yash was not the primary alternative for the blockbuster franchise.
Hombale Movies has reacted to latest studies that Kannada star Yash was not the primary alternative for the lead position of their tremendous profitable KGF movie franchise. The studio issued a press release after a number of studies claimed this.
Hombale Movies points assertion
The manufacturing home is now setting the report straight. In a press release to Hindustan Instances, it states, “Now we have a long-standing partnership with Yash, longer than with another actor we’re at present working with. Furthermore, Yash is a part of our household. KGF was envisioned with Yash in thoughts, and for us, he’ll at all times be our Rocky Bhai. We had been at all times in contact with a number of different actors pan-India for various key roles in KGF 1. Any studies or rumours claiming that Yash was not the primary alternative for KGF are incorrect. Now we have not made any such feedback.”
What was initially stated
Final week, in an interview with HT, Hombale Movies’ co-founder Chaluve Gowda had remarked how the success of their movies like KGF and Kantara had led to an increase in visibility of Kannada movies. He stated that every time they approached actors from exterior Karnataka for his or her movies, they had been met with impolite dismissals. “We went to an enormous star for KGF years in the past. They requested, ‘The place do these Kannada movies even run?’ At the moment, not many individuals knew about Kannada movies exterior of Karnataka. They knew a number of names, like Dr Rajkumar. However that was it. That has positively modified now,” Gowda had stated.
Whereas Gowda by no means stated that the supply was for the lead position in KGF, and HT’s personal article by no means implied it both, a number of different studies and social media accounts reported it with that angle.
In regards to the KGF movies
KGF Chapter 1, starring Yash, launched in 2018, and have become Kannada cinema’s greatest hit, grossing ₹250 crore. It was eclipsed by its all-time blockbuster sequel – KGF Chapter 3 – which grossed an outstanding ₹1250 crore. Each movies had been directed by Prasanth Neel and produced by Hombale Movies. The manufacturing home has since given massive hits like Kantara, Salaar, and Mahavatar Narsimha.
