- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Sun, 22 Dec 2024 04:06 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Rashmika Mandanna recently opened up about the most controversial song ‘Peelings’ of her latest blockbuster movie Pushpa 2. The track has received criticism from the audience for its inappropriate dance steps on social media. Now, reacting to the same, Rashmika revealed that she was initially uncomfortable with the movies especially where she was lifted by her co-star Allu Arjun. She also shared her initial thoughts while watching the rehearsal videos. The actress stated that they shot the song just two days before the release of the film.
In an interview with Galatta Plus, Rashmika said “Peelings was shot a couple of days before its release. We finished shooting for that song in five days.” She also revealed her reaction after seeing the rehearsal video, the actress said, “It came as a surprise because the second we saw the rehearsal video, I was like, ‘What in the world is going on?’ Majority of the time I thought I was dancing on Allu Arjun sir.”
She continued, “I am someone who has a phobia of being lifted, I wasn’t very comfortable with people lifting me and here is the song where I am only being lifted. I had this thing of ‘how am I going to do this?’ I recently realised that if I make up my mind, I fully go and surrender to my director and co-actor. I was like, ‘Let’s just do it. If this is what the film needs, let’s do it.’ Once you trust the man, it becomes fun.”
“As an actor, I know I am here to entertain others and please my director. I work to hear the word ‘excellent’ from my director. This is my bread and butter and this is what I am here to do. If I will start isolating my roles and start overthinking around it. That will be typecasting myself and I don’t want to do that. I like to challenge myself and I choose diverse roles and films, be it Animal, Chhava, or Sikandar. I can run around trees and do four-five songs like that and then I can do Srivalli in Pushpa. People can dislike it, but not everything is everybody’s cup of tea. And that’s my take on it,” she added.
Pushpa 2 was released in theatres on December 5, 2024. It had a box office collection of Rs 1029.65 crore after 17 days of release. The movie stars Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil, Rashmika Mandanna, Sritej and Anasuya Bharadwaj in key roles.
