The actor Rashmika Mandanna has now responded to Aishwarya Rajesh’s’misconstrued’ remark about her Pushpa: The Rise character Srivalli. A day after Aishwarya issued a statement to clarify her meaning when she made reference to Rashmika’s character, Rashmika responded by claiming to fully understand her meaning and that there was no need for her to provide an explanation.
Recently, Aishwarya discussed Srivalli, a character played by Rashmika Mandanna in Pushpa: The Rise. She clarified that she never intended to imply that she would perform better than Rashmika in the role and that all she was saying was that the role would suit her. In a note, she said her statement was misconstrued and that she has nothing but profound admiration for Rashmika’s work.
In her statement, she wrote, “Talking about work, I was asked in a recent interview on the kind of roles I want to do in Telugu cinema. I replied that I like the Telugu film industry a lot and that I would certainly do Telugu films if I got roles that were to my liking. To cite an example, I said I liked the character of Srivalli in Pushpa a lot as I felt such characters would suit me.”
She added, “However, unfortunately, my statement seems to have been misconstrued and is being reported in such a fashion so as to give the impression that I was disparaging the fantastic work of actress Rashmika Mandanna in the film.”
Rashmika has now reacted to Aishwarya’s statement. She wrote: “Hi love.. just came across this.. the thing is – I perfectly understood what you meant and I wish there were no reasons for us to explain ourselves and as you know I only and only have love and respect for you.. and ones again all the bestest for your film Farhana love (sic).”
Aishwarya’s recent release is Tamil coming-of-age thriller Farhana. In the film, she plays the central character and the story follows her character who is forced to take up a job in a call centre after her family struggles to make ends meet. The film also stars Jithan Ramesh, Aishwarya Dutta and Selvaraghavan in key roles.
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