Rashmika reveals Vijay made her cry

Actress Rashmika Mandanna opened up about her first meeting with Vijay Deverakonda on the sets of Geetha Govindam, recalling how an early interaction left her upset. The actress revealed that she initially called Vijay “sir” as he was more experienced in the industry, but an incident involving the music she was playing on set left her in tears.

Speaking about their first day of shooting, Rashmika said on his podcast, “I remember when I first met him on set, I used to call him sir because I was new into the industry and he had done 3-4 films by that time. On Day 1, I was playing this random music on the set, and he goes like, ‘Turn that music off.’”

Vijay then explained that he has always been a blunt person and admitted that he failed to understand how his comment might have affected Rashmika. “I am a blunt person, and I assume everyone to understand the intention. I feel like we should be able to talk freely, openly, but sometimes when you don’t know each other fully, it was stupid of me to assume she’ll get it.

I just casually said, ‘What is this sh**ty music that you’re playing?’ I shouted because we had to share a locked caravan in between, but because we were not big stars, half the caravan was for her, and half was for me and my team. I screamed, ‘What is this sh**ty music that you are playing?’” Rashmika pointed out that hearing such a comment from a co-star on the first day was hardly reassuring, especially as she was new to the industry. She said, “That is the first thing your co-actor is telling you, right?” 

Vijay responded, “What should I say?” Rashmika then added, “You’re absolutely right. Now that I think about it, I wonder what that was all about.”