R
ashmika Mandanna was born on 5 April
1996 as the elder daughter of Suman and
Madan Mandanna in Virajpet, a town in
Kodagu district of Karnataka. She did her
schooling in Coorg Public School (COPS),
Kodagu before she pursued pre-university course in Mysore
Institute of commerce and arts, she has bachelor's degree
in Psychology, Journalism and English Literature from
Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce, along
with her studies she was doing modeling and appeared in a
couple of advertisements.
Rashmika made her acting debut in Kannada 2016 film Kirik
Party. In 2017 she starred in two commercially successful
films, Anjani Putra and Chamak. Later she made her Telugu
debut with romantic drama Chalo in 2018. In the same year,
she starred in the rom-com film Geetha Govindam, which
has become one of the highest profit earners in Telugu
cinema, which earned her wide recognition. Her third Telugu
venture was multi-starrer big budget film titled Devadas. It
marked her third consecutive successful film in the same
year in Telugu film industry after achieving a first hat trick-hit
in Kannada film industry, established herself as one of the
leading actresses of Telugu and Kannada cinema.
She starred in the commercially successful films such
as Kirik Party, Anjani Putra, Chamak, Chalo, Geetha
Govindam, Yajamana, Sarileru Neekevvaru and Bheeshma.
The back to back success of films has made her one of the
most sought-after actresses in the south Indian film industry.
Rashmika got engaged to actor Rakshit Shetty. They began
dating during the making of Kirik Party and got engaged
on 3 July 2017 in a private ceremony in her hometown of
Virajpet. The couple mutually broke off their engagement in
September 2018, citing compatibility issues.
After back to back hits, Rashmika emerged as one of the
highest-paid Telugu actress. She is all set to romance Allu
Arjun in his next film that will be directed by Sukumar. The
actress is also shooting for Kannada film Pogaru and Tamil
film Sultan.
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