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During her appearance on Koffee With Karan Season 9 with Vijay Deverakonda, Rashmika Mandanna spoke about embracing her South Indian identity.
Rashmika Mandanna reacts to trolling over her accent in Hindi films
Rashmika Mandanna has faced her share of online trolling over her Hindi accent, but the actress has no plans to let the criticism dictate her career choices. During her appearance on Koffee With Karan Season 9 alongside her husband, Vijay Deverakonda, she spoke about embracing her South Indian identity and her desire to work across film industries rather than restrict herself to one. Rashmika also reflected on the effort involved in dubbing for her own films in multiple languages and the creative satisfaction of taking on vastly different roles in Animal and The Girlfriend.
Rashmika Mandanna on getting trolled over her accent in Hindi films
Rashmika Mandanna revealed that being in the public eye has meant dealing with criticism throughout her career. From her performances and acting abilities to her language skills and accent, she said she has been trolled over various aspects of her work. The actress shared, “Ever since I started working in the film industry, you know, I’ve been criticised or trolled for one thing or the other, like either my performance, or the language, or the acting, or just the accent, or anything. So for me, I never wanted to sort of put a barrier for myself. I didn’t want to just work in one industry. I wanted to work in them all. I didn’t want to speak just one language. I wanted to speak all languages.”
Rashmika said experimenting with diverse roles was a conscious decision she made early in her career. She wanted to explore different kinds of stories and characters instead of limiting herself to a particular image. The actress said she takes particular pride in being part of films as different as Animal and The Girlfriend, adding that playing such contrasting roles is exactly what she had hoped to achieve as a performer. She went on to add, “So very early on in my career, I started doing all kinds of films. So today, when I’m a part of a brilliant film like an Animal and a Girlfriend, it gives me great satisfaction as an actor. Yeah? You know, because I’m like, I’m able to play them all. So today, when you say, okay, there’s a Girlfriend and there’s an Animal, like it’s so different, but you’re a part of both of them. I’m like, I wanted it that way.”
The actress also reacted to getting trolled over her accent in films like Animal, Cocktail 2, and Chhaava. Rashmika said, ” particularly didn’t have an issue with that because they said I had a South Indian accent, but I am from the South of India. So I am going to have an accent. It’s unreasonable to think otherwise.” She also opened up about the effort that goes into dubbing her films in multiple languages. She said she gives her directors the freedom to choose another dubbing artist if they feel a different voice would work better for a character.
She further shared, “But every film that I’m a part of, of course, I go and give this option to my directors, saying I’m not the one who’s going to feel bad if you want to dub with someone else, you know? But none of my directors actually wanted to dub with someone else. They wanted me to dub for myself. So I was like, it was a pride for me because if I’m able to dub in all these languages by myself, that’s a lot of hard work. But at the same time, if I could do it, there’s nothing like that, you know.”
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Ask News18Rashmika Mandanna faced online trolling and criticism over her South Indian accent and language skills in Hindi films. However, the actress stated that because she is from South India, having an accent is natural, and she does not let the criticism dictate her career choices.
Ask News18October 22, 2026, 09:09 IST