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Today is the 28th birthday of Bollywood and South actress Rashmika Mandanna. Last year i.e. 2023 proved to be the most successful year of his career.
Rashmika was seen opposite Ranbir Kapoor in the film 'Animal'. This film earned around Rs 900 crore at the box office. Earlier, Rashmika had become popular with the role of Shrivalli in the film 'Pushpa', but do you know that she got this role after the rejection of South actress Samantha.
Rashmika has also seen a period when due to her introvert nature, she used to face so much trouble that she used to lock herself in her room and cry for hours.
On her birthday, let's look at the facts of Rashmika's life…
Rashmika was born on 5 April 1996 in Virajpet, Karnataka. His parents' names are Suman and Madan Mandana. Rashmika also has a younger sister. Rashmika's father owns a coffee estate in Virajpet, but earlier used to be a clerk.
Rashmika's childhood photo.
Rashmika comes from a middle class family and in her childhood she saw her parents struggling financially. There was a time when Rashmika's mother did not even have money to pay the house rent.
Rashmika was schooled at Coorg Public School, Gonikoppal, which was a boarding school. Rashmika was quite introverted during her school days, due to which she had difficulty in socializing with classmates and seniors. Because of this, Rashmika, feeling sad, used to lock herself in her room and cry for hours.
Her mother helped Rashmika to overcome this. After schooling, Rashmika did her graduation in Psychology from MS Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bangalore.
Filmmaker's attention fell on her while modeling, offered her the film
While graduating, Rashmika won the Clean & Clear Fresh Face 2014 contest, after which she started taking modeling assignments. During this time, filmmakers noticed him and he got the offer of the film 'Kirik Party'. Rashmika initially refused to work in the film, but when her parents encouraged her, she agreed.
Rashmika had said in an interview about the beginning of her film journey, 'When I signed 'Kirik Party', I thought that it is just a film, if it doesn't work then I will return home and take over my father's business. But after the release of 'Kirik Party' my views changed. I thought that now I have to do acting only. Actually, I was surprised to see the audience's response to the film. After this, when the film 'Geeta Govindam' became a hit, my belief became stronger that I have to move forward in films only.
Rashmika's career shined after 'Kirik Party'. He has given hit films like 'Anjaniputra', 'Chamak', 'Chalo', 'Geeta Govindam', 'Yajaman', 'Sarileru Nikevaru', 'Bheeshma', 'Pogaru', 'Sultan', 'Seetha Ramam' and 'Varisu'. Gave.
Pushpa was made after Samantha's refusal: Srivalli in The Rise
The film 'Pushpa: The Rise' was released in 2021. In this film, Rashmika was seen in the role of Srivalli opposite Allu Arjun, which gave her immense popularity.
Thanks to this film, Rashmika was also noticed in Bollywood and she got offers from many films. However, she was not the first choice for this role.
Rashmika will also be seen in the role of Shrivalli in the second part of 'Pushpa' 'Pushpa: The Rule'.
'Pushpa' director Sukumar had earlier offered this role to South actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, but she refused to do it. Then Rashmika was approached and she agreed.
After giving several hit films one after the other in South, Rashmika made her Bollywood debut in 2021 with the film 'Goodbye'. The film was a flop, but after this Rashmika was seen in 'Mission Majnu' with Siddharth Malhotra. This film also proved to be a flop, but the film 'Animal' released in 2023 established Rashmika in Bollywood.
In this film, Rashmika played the role of Geetanjali, Ranbir Kapoor's wife. The film proved to be a blockbuster and earned approximately Rs 900 crore at the box office.
Got the tag of national crush in 2020
Rashmika was declared National Crush by Google in 2020. On typing the word National Crush, only Rashmika's photo appears in Google. Apart from Google, it is common to trend #Rashmikamandanna on Twitter too, but after the release of 'Animal', Rashmika was given a tough competition by Trupti Dimri.
Actually, the popularity of Trupti Dimri, who was seen in a small role in 'Animal', overshadowed her. People went crazy about Trupti's beauty and acting and started calling her the new national crush.
By the way, Rashmika's popularity is still quite high on social media. He has around 42.5 million followers on Instagram alone.
Controversy over deepfake video
In November 2023, a deep fake video of Rashmika went viral. In this, a woman was seen entering the lift, who looked exactly like Rashmika. However, this woman was not Rashmika but a girl named Zara Patel, whose face was changed to that of Rashmika. There was an uproar as soon as this video went viral.
Later, Rashmika herself expressed her anger by tweeting on this matter and wrote – A deepfake video of mine is going viral on the internet, talking about which I feel very sad. Honestly, this is very scary not only for me but for each one of us who are in danger due to misuse of this technology.
Almost two months later, the IFSO (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations Unit) cyber crime unit of Delhi Police arrested 24-year-old engineer Imani Naveen from Andhra Pradesh who had made a deep fake video of Rashmika.
Rashmika with Rakshit Shetty.
Engagement with first co-star broken
When Rashmika was working in her first film Kirik Party, she started dating her co-star Rakshit Shetty in the film. After dating for a year, they got engaged on July 3, 2017 in Virajpet. Even before they could get married, their engagement broke off in September 2018.
According to media reports, there were compatibility issues between the two, due to which their relationship broke. After the breakup, social media users started trolling Rashmika considering her responsible for the breakup with Rakshit.
Seeing the matter escalating, Rakshit broke his silence on the whole matter and said, you all have formed your opinion about Rashmika, but I have known her for two and a half years. Please all of you stop judging him.
In an interview, Rakshit had told that even after the breakup, he and Rashmika are in touch. Rakshit had said, we do not keep in touch constantly, but whenever my film is released or it is my birthday, Rashmika definitely wishes me and I wish Rashmika.
Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika.
Rashmika's name is associated with Vijay Deverakonda
After her breakup with Rakshit Shetty, Rashmika's name has been continuously linked with South star Vijay Deverakonda. Both of them worked together for the first time in the 2018 film 'Geeta Govindam'. After this, their on-screen pairing was also well-liked in 2019's 'Dear Comrade'. It was during the shooting of these films that news of their dating started coming. However, he denied this.
On her bonding with Vijay, Rashmika had said in an interview, 'When I was upset after the breakup with Rakshit, it was Vijay who helped me overcome it. He took care of me during that time and understood my emotions.
At the beginning of the year 2024, there were reports that Vijay and Rashmika are preparing to get engaged, but there has been no confirmation yet.
Rashmika is the owner of luxury property and cars
According to media reports, Rashmika has invested a lot in real estate. He has homes in Mumbai, Goa, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Rashmika has a bungalow in Bengaluru, which is worth Rs 8 crore. Is. Apart from this, the value of his other luxury properties is also in crores. Not just a house, Rashmika also has many luxury cars which include Range Rover Sport worth Rs 1.8 crore, Audi Q3 worth Rs 60 lakh and Mercedes Benz C Class worth Rs 62 lakh.
Rashmika will be seen in four films
Rashmika currently has four big films. Of these, three are Telugu and one Hindi film. She will be seen once again in the role of Srivalli in 'Pushpa: The Rule'. Apart from this, Rashmika will be seen in 'The Girlfriend' and an untitled film. Rashmika will also be seen in Vicky Kaushal starrer 'Chhaava'.
