Rashmika Mandanna has become a popular face in Bollywood now. The actress is in demand by the producers for their movies. She has proved her mettle by showcasing talents in various South movies. Now, we know that the actress is making her debut with Sidharth Malhotra in Mission Majnu. In addition to this, Rashmika has also signed a film titled Goodbye with Amitabh Bachchan. However, there were talks in town about Rashmika making her debut alongside Shahid Kapoor. The movie was decided to be the Hindi remake of Jersey. Earlier, reports had surfaced on the internet about the same. But, to her fans distress, the lead role was bagged by Super 30 actress Mrunal Thakur.
Rashmika Mandanna Discloses Reason Behind Refusing the role Opposite Shahid Kapoor
While all this happened, Rashima’s fans were disheartened, but she gave them a piece of happy news soon. She announced the Mission Majnu movie. Now, the reason why Rashmika did not do the Shahid Kapoor starrer has surfaced. As per the latest reports, the actress herself refused to be a part of Jersey. Yes, she stepped back because she thought the role could be challenging. Rashmika was of the mindset that she would fail to do justice to the role portrayed by Shraddha Srinath in the Telugu original. The remake will also have Pankaj Kapur in the pivotal role.
She stated, “I won’t stop praising Shahid because he is so fabulous as a performer. Every time he creates magic on screen and I just kind of wonder ‘how do you do it?’ I make sure to sit in front of the monitor when it’s his shot so that I don’t miss out on that X factor that he has.”
Further sharing an anecdote, the actress said, “I think Shahid Kapoor for me is like a learning. I have learnt so many things from him on the sets. I really appreciate the universe for making it happen. It was like a dream for my sister and me, we used to cut his pictures and used to get scolding by my parents. Now, it has finally happened and it’s really nice to share all these moments with Shahid. He would say ‘What are you saying?!’ It was really sweet.”
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