Rashmika Mandanna has often been criticized online for her accent, but the actress says that she never wanted such comments to affect the scope of her work. In the recent episode of ‘Koffee with Karan’ season 9, where she was seen with her husband Vijay Deverakonda. He spoke openly about the trolling he has faced. Now Javed Akhtar, while defending Rashmika Mandanna, in his post slammed those people who consider others inferior because of their language. However, during this time Javed Akhtar had to face criticism on social media. He defended Rashmika Mandanna against online trolling over her Hindi accent, calling her a ‘Tamil actress’. Later he corrected his mistake.
Javed Akhtar came out in support of Rashmika Mandanna
Now lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar has given his opinion on the trolling of the actress. Describing Rashmika as a ‘Tamil actress’, he wrote on Then let’s see how correctly they can pronounce those lines. This false and linguistic superiority regarding language cannot be accepted.
Why did Javed Akhtar apologize?
Javed Akhtar defended Rashmika Mandanna against trolling over her Hindi accent, but during this he faced criticism for calling Rashmika a ‘Tamil actor’. Social media users told that Rashmika is Kannada speaking and has worked in many film industries of South India. When an X user corrected the mistake, Javed Akhtar accepted his mistake and replied, ‘Thank you for correcting my mistake.’ Apologizing, he wrote, ‘Forgive me, I was wrong. I don’t know him personally and incidentally I have seen only one of his films, which was in Tamil. But being Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam or Kannada is not an issue. If someone speaks our language, even if the accent is slightly different, we should appreciate it. By the way, how many of us speak English with perfect accent? How would we feel if an Englishman made fun of our English accent?
Rashmika Mandanna on facing criticism
Rashmika told that she has had to face criticism since the beginning of her career. From her acting to the languages she speaks, she has had to hear people’s comments on many aspects of her work. However, he never wanted the opinions of these people to dictate his career decisions or stop him from working in different industries. He said, ‘Ever since I started working in the film industry, I have faced criticism or trolling for one thing or the other – be it my performance, language, acting, or my accent. That’s why I didn’t want to set any limits for myself. I did not want to be limited to just one industry, but wanted to work in all industries. I wanted to speak not just one language, but all languages.
Rashmika Mandanna talked about film career
Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda were recently seen in season 9 of Koffee with Karan. Meanwhile, Rashmika Mandanna further said, ‘Therefore, from the beginning of my career, I started doing all types of films. Today, when I am a part of great films like ‘Animal’ and ‘Girlfriend’, I feel very satisfied as an actor because I can play all types of characters. Today when you say that I am working in completely different films like ‘Girlfriend’ and ‘Animal’, I feel happy, because this is what I wanted. Rashmika’s way of speaking Hindi dialogues on social media has often caught people’s attention and some viewers have even raised questions about her accent in Hindi films. The debate resumed after the release of horror-comedy ‘Thamma’ in 2025 and ‘Cocktail 2’ in 2026.
Rashmika Mandanna’s new movies
Actress Rashmika is going to be seen in the sequel of ‘Animal’, Animal Park, in which she will return in the role of Geetanjali. ‘Raaka’ also stars Allu Arjun.
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