From Cocktail Glamour To MS Subbulakshmi?

Rashmika Mandanna’s is the national crush and she lives up to that. Guess what, her name is now being heard regarding one of the most prestigious biopics in Indian cinema. According to the latest buzz, the actress is in talks to play legendary Carnatic singer and Bharat Ratna awardee MS Subbulakshmi. Reports are popping out that a look test was recently conducted, though an official confirmation is still awaited.

What’s interesting is the timing. At the moment, Rashmika is enjoying perhaps the most glamorous phase of her career. With films like Cocktail 2, where she slipped into bikinis and lip locks is grabbing attention, she is firmly positioned as one of the biggest mainstream heroines in the country. In Telugu she has movies like Ranabali, and in Tamil she has Dhanush’s next and more.

Over the last few years, Rashmika has largely been associated with commercial entertainers, chartbuster songs, and glamorous screen presence. But every now and then, she has shown an interest in taking a different route. A good example is The Girlfriend. The film may not have worked at the box office the way many expected, but it certainly made audiences think. It proved that Rashmika can act too.

And now, before Rashmika’s name emerged, actresses like Sai Pallavi and Rukmini Vasanth were supposed to play the role. Can Rashmika pull off that spiritual aura of Subbulakshmi better than Sai Pallavi? If she eventually signs the film, it could become one of the most important projects of her career. But then, she should overcome her glamour image to do justice to the role.