India, Oct. 7 -- Kannada actor Rishab Shetty opened up about the stampede that recently broke out at Tamil actor-future politician Vijay's rally for his political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Karur. In an interview with NDTV, Rishab spoke of 'hero worship' and called the death of 41 people during the stampede a 'collective mistake'. Here's what he said.

Rishab was asked to weigh in on the fan craze for heroes and the stampede that broke out at Vijay's rally recently. In response, he said, "If we like a hero or his character, we do hero worship. How can I comment on that (the stampede)? It's unfortunate when these accidents happen; around 40 people died there."

The actor-filmmaker then stated that he doesn't believe one person...