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Who Is Rashmika Mandanna? The Actor All Set To Make Her Bollywood Debut With 'Mission Majnu'

Rashmika Mandanna is known for films like Sarileru Neekevvaru, Kirik Party, and Dear Comrade and is now all set to make her Bollywood debut with Mission Majnu.

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Sanskriti Tiwari
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A new espionage thriller titled Mission Majnu is all set to go on floors in February 2021. The film will star Sidharth Malhotra and South Indian star Rashmika Mandanna. Set in the 1970s, the film is inspired by real events. It will mark Mandanna's B-Town debut..

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Sharing the first look of the film, Mandanna wrote, "Well guys, here's news for you! I'm super glad and excited to be a part of this! Here's to a new journey!"

Who is Rashmika Mandanna?

Rashmika Mandanna is known for films like Sarileru Neekevvaru, Kirik Party, and Dear Comrade. The Indian Express reported that Mandanna has always prioritised the storyline of a film over its mode of language, and thus with Mission Majnu she hopes of reaching a newer audience. In an interview, she said, “I have been fortunate to receive so much love from audiences across languages. As an actor, it is always the story of the film that I connect with, and the language of the film is never a barrier for me. I am grateful to the makers for offering me Mission Majnu, which is written beautifully, and I am super excited to be part of a team that has so much passion. We are all working together to make it even more amazing. I am super excited to start my journey in Hindi cinema and to reach out to newer audiences."

Mandanna success isn't limited to two or three movies, she has various other credits in her bank to boast off. In 2018, she was declared as the Bangalore Times most desirable woman of 2017. Moreover, she is also amongst the highest-paid female in Kannada and Telugu cinema. Furthermore, she is among the very few actors who have films grossing the 1 billion mark to her credit. In 2018 Mandanna entered the 'Rs 100 crore club’ with her second Telugu film, Geetha Govindam. Apart from that, she has starred in various commercially successful films such as Kirik Party (2016), Chamak (2017),  Anjani Putra (2017),  Geetha Govindam (2018), Chalo (2018), Yajamana (2019), Bheeshma (2020) and Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020)

Controversy Around Rashmika Mandanna

Back in August 2019, she came under the ire of her fans for allegedly breaking up with Rakshit Shetty. Not only that, Dear Comrade actor Mandanna was rebuked by her fans for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the Kannadigas by saying in a video that she "doesn't like speaking in Kannada."

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Sanskriti Tiwari is an intern with SheThePeople.TV.

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