Rashmika Mandanna's goof-up over Ghilli remake sparks trolling, Pushpa 2 actress reacts

Rashmika Mandanna, who is currently basking in the success of Pushpa 2, shared her admiration for Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay. She revealed that it was his movie Ghilli(2004), that she first saw in a theatre. While excitedly talking about the film, she mistakenly quoted that Ghilli is a remake of Pokiri(2006). As her interview went online, netizens highlighted the actress’ goof-up and rectified that Ghilli is actually a remake of Mahesh Babu’s film Okkadu(2003).

An X user wrote, “I genuinely feel that #RashmikaMandanna doesn't have Cinema Knowledge.” Another user corrected her, “Ghilli, pokiri remake ani neeke kadhu naaku ippude telisindhi  Sorry Mb fans nenu inni rojulu Ghilli Okkadu ki remake anukunna.” 

December 20, 2024

In the interview, Rashmika was quoted as saying, “Ghilli. You know why I keep saying that I really love Vijay Thalapathy sir, because it is the first film that…he was the first actor I watched in a theatre. Ghilli is a film, I think now recently I learnt that, it’s a remake of a film called Pokiri. I didn’t know. So I watched this and Appadi Podu…the song, oh my god. Majority of my life, I was performing on that song.”

Quickly after noticing internet backlash, Rashmika accepted her mistake. She tweeted, “Avunu..telusu sorry..okka booboo aipoindi.. interview ayipointarvata annukunna reyyyy ghilli is okkadu ra .. pokkiri is pokiri ani..social media lo ippudu estuntaaru ani.. sorry sorry my bad.. but I love all of their movies so it’s ok (I know, sorry, I made a booboo. I realised after the interview that Ghilli is a remake of Okkadu and Pokkiri is a remake of Pokiri and that people must be pointing it out on social media).”

Meanwhile, Rashmika reprised her role of Srivalli opposite Allu Arjun in Sukumar’s Pushpa 2. The movie shattered several box office records to emerge as the biggest blockbuster. Up next, the actress is geared up for Telugu films including The Girlfriend and Kubera. In Hindi, she will next be seen in Salman Khan’s Sikandar, Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava and Ayushmann Khurrana’s Thama.