Rashmika Mandanna is the heroine who got star status in Tollywood within a short period. Rashmika, who started from Sandalwood and became a top star in Tollywood, is now making her way into Bollywood. Today is Rashmika’s birthday who has gained a lot of popularity nationwide as a national crush.
Rashmika was born on April 5, 1996 in Virajpet, Karnataka. Parents names are Suman and Madan Mandanna. Rashmika has a younger sister. Rashmika’s father owns a coffee estate in her home town. Rashmika’s family faced a lot of financial difficulties at first. They also have difficulties to pay house rent.
Rashmika studied in a boarding school in Gonikoppal. Topper in studies. After that, she did her degree in Psychology, Journalism and English Literature at MS Ramaiah College of Arts, Bangalore. She was passionate about acting since childhood and her parents also encouraged her in that direction.
Rashmika, who first entered the modeling field, received The Times of India’s Clean and Clear Fresh Face Award in 2014. Rashmika received the award from Bollywood star Akshay Kumar. Rashmika made her silver screen entry in 2016. She made her debut as a heroine with the Kannada romantic drama ‘Kiraak Party’. ‘Kiraak Party’ became the highest grossing film in Kannada that year.Rashmika the SIIMA Best Debut Actress awafor her first film.
After that she got super hits with two more movies in Kannada consecutively. Those films.. ‘Anjani Putra, Chamak’. Rashmika, who rose to stardom as a heroine at a very young age, fell in love with the director of her first film, Rakshit Shetty. Rashmika-Rakshit engagement was done on a grand level. However.. due to some reasons their love did not go to marriage.
With this… Rashmika made an entry into Telugu leaving Kannada films aside. In 2018, Nagashaurya came to Tollywood with the film ‘Chalo’ directed by Venky Kudumala as the hero. In this movie, the Telugu boys have lost their love for Rashmika’s cuteness. Rashmika, who got a hit with her first Telugu film ‘Chalo’, gave her second film ‘Geetha Govindam’ a blockbuster. ‘Geetha Govindam’, which was released as a short film, collected a hundred crores at the box office. After ‘Geetha Govindam’, Rashmika became unstoppable in Telugu.
After that she did films like ‘Devadas, Dear Comrade’ consecutively. However.. even though these two films did not entertain much.. Mahesh Babu’s ‘Sarileru Neekevvaru’ which came next became a super hit. The humor cultivated by Rashmika in the role of Samskruthi in this movie got a good response. ‘Sarileru Neekevvaru’ directed by Anil Ravipudi gave Rashmika a memorable hit.
While being busy in Telugu, on the other hand, Rashmika has done films intermittently in her mother tongue Kannada. Films like ‘Yajamana, Pogaru’ are included in this list. And.. Rashmika’s Kollywood debut ‘Sultan’ did not achieve the expected success. With this, she again put her full focus on Telugu. Then the big hits were ‘Bheeshma, Pushpa.. The Rise’.
Rashmika scored another hit with ‘Bheeshma’ in Venky Kudumala combo. This time she paired up with Nithin in this movie. As always, Chaitra in ‘Bheeshma’ is a hit with her cute performance. Not to mention the sensation that Rashmika created at the pan-India level as Srivalli with ‘Pushpa’. At the time of the release of ‘Pushpa 1’, movie lovers used to chant the name Srivalli Srivalli in any part of the country. Srivalli’s role in this film is highlighted by the songs.
Rashmika took her first steps in Bollywood under the influence of ‘Pushpa’. She did films like ‘Good Bye’ in Beetown. However.. these films could not get as much recognition in Hindi as they did in Telugu. Dulquer Salmaan also appeared in an extended cameo in ‘Sitaramam’ with Sharwanand in ‘Aadaaallu Meeku Joharlu’. Even though ‘Aadavaallu Meeku Joharlu’ did not play, Rashmika’s role of Afreen in ‘Sitaramam’ got a good response.
The year 2023 can be said to be a memorable year for Rashmika. Vijay’s films ‘Varisu’ in Tamil and ‘Mission Majnu, Animal’ in Hindi have achieved good success. Even if not a single film is released in Telugu in 2023, it has also entertained the audience here with the translations of those films.
Rashmika is currently busy with the most awaited ‘Pushpa 2’, Telugu film ‘The Girl Friend’, Telugu-Tamil bilingual ‘Rainbow’ and Hindi film ‘Chaava’. And.. Rashmika stands in the first row among the heroines who have huge fan following on social media. That’s why fans fondly call this Kannada Kasturi as National Crush. Once again Telugu 70MM wishing the National crush Rashmika a very happy birthday and best wishes for more success in the future.
