Last
year,
actress
Rashmika
Mandanna
became
the
talk
of
the
town
for
all
the
right
reasons
when
Geetha
Govindam
opened
to
a
thunderous
response
at
the
box
office
and
emerged
a
runaway
hit.
Sadly,
her
next
release
Devadas
failed
to
live
up
to
expectations
and
flopped
at
the
box
office.
At
present,
she
is
in
the
limelight
because
of
her
the
recently-announced
Sarileru
Neekevvaru
that
marks
her
first
collaboration
with
'Super
Star'
Mahesh
Babu.
Interestingly,
Rashmika
had
initially
turned
down
Sarileru
Neekevvaru
as
she
did
not
any
dates.
However,
she
later
accepted
the
offer
much
to
the
delight
of
her
fans.
Now,
the
real
reason
behind
these
interesting
turn
of
events
has
been
revealed.
According
to
reports,
the
Kodava
beauty
initially
said
'no'
to
Mahesh
Babu's
26th
movie
as
she
was
planning
to
act
opposite
Tamil
hero
Sivakarthikeyan
in
his
next.
However,
she
soon
realised
that
she
did
not
have
much
of
a
role
in
the
movie.
Thereafter,
she
said
no
to
SK's
movie
and
told
director
Anil
Ravipudi
that
she
was
okay
with
acting
opposite
'Prince'
in
Sarileru
Neekevvaru.
The
buzz
is
that
Rashmika
has
made
a
sensible
decision
as
Anil
Ravipudi's
films
are
synonymous
with
entertaining
female
characters.
Meanwhile,
the
Chalo
beauty
also
has
Dear
Comrade
in
her
kitty,
which
marks
her
second
collaboration
with
Geetha
Govindam
co-star
Vijay
Deverakonda.
She
will
also
be
seen
opposite
Dhruva
Sarja
in
the
Kannada
movie
Pogaru.
All
in
all,
she
currently
has
plenty
on
her
plate.