Rashmika Mandanna

What strikes me most about Rashmika Mandanna is how effortlessly she collapsed the old walls of Indian cinema. Coming from Virajpet in coffee-country Kodagu, she built a career that moves between the Telugu and Hindi industries as if borders simply do not apply to her. I admire the warmth she projects on screen — a girl-next-door openness that coexists with real dramatic steel. Being named to Forbes India's 30 Under 30 while still in her twenties tells you the industry sees what audiences already felt. For me, she embodies the pan-Indian star era at its most likable, and I suspect her best work is still ahead.

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Name (English)

Rashmika Mandanna

Name (Japanese)

ラシュミタ・マンダナ

Reading

らしゅみた・まんだな

Born

April 5, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Virajpet, Kodagu district, India

Height

168 cm

Occupation

actor / model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Awards & achievements

• South Indian International Movie Awards

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rashmika_mandanna/
• Xhttps://x.com/iamRashmika
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashmika%20Mandanna
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%9F%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28088964

Tags

• Kodagu district
• actor
• model

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.