Rashmika Mandanna: Actor Rashmika Mandanna made her Bollywood debut with Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Goodbye in October last year. The actor was bitterly criticised recently by a section of people for not watching Kantara for a long time, one of the highest-grossing Kannada films ever. The Rishab Shetty-starrer was released in September last year. Rashmika has now, opened up about how she deals with the ‘hate’ she gets.
Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep also reacted to Rashmika’s criticism. He said recently that a celebrity’s life is about getting ‘garlands as well as eggs, tomatoes and stones’.
Did not get time to watch Kantara
For the unversed, Rashmika was asked in an interview in November if she had watched Rishab Shetty’s Kantara. She then told media that she did not get the time to watch it. In reaction to her comment, some on social media criticised Rashmika and said she had ‘forgotten her roots’; Rishab had directed her debut film Kirik Party (2016).
And now opening up about people’s reaction to her in an interview, Rashmika said, “I realised that us being actors, we can’t expect people to only like us. You’re not going to pay everyone’s cup of tea. So, there’s going to be a lot of hate. There’s going to be a lot of love. But people are going to end up talking about you. Yeah! We’re public figures. We are talking to the public. We are out there. We are promoting our films. We are doing interviews.”
Speaking further about what she thinks could be people’s ‘reason to dislike’ her, Rashmika said, “Maybe just the way I like talk or me doing these hand gestures, some people might not like. Or some people might not like it that I am so expressive through my expressions. And all these reasons can be a reason for them to dislike me. But at the same time there’s so much love which I am truly grateful for.”
On the receiving end
Last year, Rashmika had shared a long note on Instagram about handling negativity. “A couple of things have been troubling me these last few days or weeks or months or maybe even years now and I think it’s time I address it. I am only speaking for myself – something I should have done years ago. I have been on the receiving end of a lot of hate ever since I started my career. Quite literally a punching bag for a lot of trolls and negativity out there,” she wrote.
Rashmika will soon be seen with Ranbir Kapoor in Animal. The film will mark Ranbir and Rashmika’s first onscreen collaboration. The film also stars Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor, and is directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga of Kabir Singh fame.
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