Actress
Rashmika
Mandanna
has
joined
Ranbir
Kapoor-starrer
Animal,
the
makers
announced
on
Saturday.
The
Hindi-language
crime
drama
is
directed
by
Sandeep
Reddy
Vanga
of
Kabir
Singh
fame
and
backed
by
T-Series.
T-series
announced
Mandanna's
casting
on
its
official
Twitter
account.
“On
the
auspicious
occasion
of
Ugadi
&
Gudi
Padwa,
we
welcome
@iamRashmika
to
the
team
of
#Animal!
Shooting
begins
this
summer,”
the
tweet
read.
Mandanna,
who
works
primarily
in
Kannada
and
Telugu
films,
is
best
known
for
her
performances
in
movies
such
as
Geetha
Govindam,
Devadas,
Yajamana,
and
Dear
Comrade.
The
actor,
whose
last
release
was
Allu
Arjun-led
Pushpa,
is
set
to
make
her
Bollywood
debut
with
spy
thriller
Mission
Majnu,
opposite
Sidharth
Malhotra.
She
will
also
be
seen
in
another
Hindi
movie
Goodbye
alongside
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan.
Animal,
which
will
start
shooting
this
summer,
also
features
actors
Anil
Kapoor
and
Bobbly
Deol.
The
film
is
slated
to
release
on
August
11,
2023.
Animal
is
produced
by
Bhushan
Kumar
and
Krishan
Kumar's
T-Series,
Murad
Khetani's
Cine1
Studios
and
Pranay
Reddy
Vanga's
Bhadrakali
Pictures.
Earlier,
actor
Parineeti
Chopra
was
cast
in
the
film,
but
according
to
media
reports
she
had
to
opt
out
of
Animal
because
of
scheduling
conflict.