Rashmika Mandanna on 'National Crush' Tag—How It Helps Her Career

Rashmika Mandanna on ‘National Crush’ Tag: Rashmika Mandanna has made a strong identity for herself from South Cinema to Bollywood industry. The actress has crores of fan following, who have given her the tag of 'National Crush'. Meanwhile, Rashmika gave her reaction on her 'National Crush' tag. The actress said that she has no problem with the tag "National Crush" given by the fans. Let us tell you that Vicky Kaushal and Rashmika Mandanna's film 'Chhava' has been released in theaters today on 14 February 2025. The film Chhava is getting a great response from the audience.

Rashmika Mandanna on ‘National Crush’ Tag & Fans

In fact, in her recent interview, while talking about the 'National Crush' tag, she said, "I don't think having a tag will help you in your career, it comes from the love of your fans. They want to call you that way and they will do that too, but then, all these tags are just tags. The films you do and the love of the audience, which turns into tickets to watch the film on Friday, I think that is special for me".

Rashmika Mandanna Reflects on Her Film Journey

For your information, let us tell you that Rashmika Mandanna started her career in the year 2026 with the Kannada film Kirik Party. Talking about this, the actress said that, at that time I thought it would be "one film and out" for her, but here I am, having done 24 films and I feel blessed because there are so many beautiful women, so many talented women and so many beautiful women, but I am just making my journey.

Rashmika as Maharani Yesubai: A Role of a Lifetime

Let us tell you that Rashmika is playing the role of Maharani Yesubai, wife of Sambhaji Maharaj and she said that this project was like a surprise for her. She said, "I did not expect this to come to me and it was a very big, very big opportunity. I sought guidance from Utekar and the film's producer Dinesh Vijan while preparing for this role. They told me to understand about its language, and everything else will fall into place. For me I was like, 'Okay, these are characters from our history books, so I can't do it wrong. So what else can I do to get it right?' After this, of course we sat on the language part for months and finally at the time of dubbing, we got it right. We almost reached where we wanted to go."

Rashmika Mandanna said this about the film Chhava

Along with this, the actress said that Chhava is about Sambhaji Maharaj, but Yesubai was the queen and her role in the film is impressive. Talking about this, Rashmika said, "While Sambhaji was fighting the war, she had to run this state. About nine to ten years in his ten to twelve year journey, he was at war and that part inspired me to do the film because I was amazed at how creative these people were, how smart and intelligent they were, and these were unsung heroes and I wanted to be a part of the story".

Chhava: Vicky Kaushal & Rashmika in Epic Saga

'Chhava' is a historical drama that revolves around the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. In the film, Vicky Kaushal is playing the role of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the eldest son of the founder of the Maratha Empire. At the same time, Rashmika Mandanna is seen in the role of Yesubai Rani. Apart from Vicky Kaushal and Rashmika Mandanna, the film also stars Akshay Khanna, Ashutosh Rana, Divya Dutta, Neil Bhoopalam, Santosh Juvekar and Pradeep Rawat in lead roles. The film Chhava has been released in theaters on 14 February 2025.