With the immense success of films like 'KGF: Chapter 2' and 'Kantara', Kannada film industry has emerged as a major player of Indian cinema while on the other hand, Bollywood is struggling to deliver quality films consistently these days. However, Kannada superstar Yash believes that people should not look down upon Bollywood as they have been the torch bearer of Indian cinema for a long time and that Hindi as well as regional cinema should be perceived as Indian cinema.

In a recent conversation with Film Companion, Yash said, “I don’t want the people of Karnataka to put any other industry down, because we have faced that problem when everyone treated us like that. We have worked hard to get that respect. After that, we cannot start ill-treating anyone. We should respect everybody. Respect Bollywood. Forget this North and south.”

Taking his point further, Yash added, "It’s not good to corner anyone. It’s not a good development when someone starts ridiculing Bollywood saying, ‘They are nothing.’ It’s just a phase. They have taught us so many things. As a country, we should make good films, develop infrastructure, and build theatres. There is so much to do. This generation should stop fighting among ourselves, go out and compete with the rest of the world and say, ‘India has arrived.’”