PAN-INDIA ACTRESS RASHMIKA MANDANNA IS ‘COORG PERSON OF THE YEAR, 2022’
Pan-India actress and ‘National Crush of India’ Rashmika Mandanna is Coorg Person of the Year, 2022.
Rashmika, hailing from Virajpet in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka, was selected Coorg Person of the Year in a poll conducted by www.coorgtourisminfo.com, Kodagu’s first news portal promoted by journalist and author P.T. Bopanna.
Rashmika Mandanna (in picture), who achieved phenomenal success in the pan-India movie ‘Pushpa-The Rise’, has brought focus on the tiny hill district of Coorg, a popular tourist destination inhabited by the Kodavas (Coorgs) who have a unique culture.
Rashmika who has become a house-hold name through her acting and dancing skills, has emerged as an unofficial ‘brand ambassador’ for Kodagu culture. She has thrown the spotlight on the Kodava (Coorg) sari which involves tucking the pleats at the back of the waist, instead of the front. She has also popularised Coorg cuisine through her media interactions.
On the professional front, she is the reigning queen in the Telugu film industry and made her debut in Bollywood through ‘Goodbye’ starring Amitabh Bachchan. Rashmika starrer Mission Majnu is set for a January 20 release on Netflix.
Rashmika who made her acting debut in the Kannada film Kirik Party in 2016, has been associated with commercially successful films that include Anjani Putra (2017), Geetha Govindam (2018), Yajamana (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020), Pogaru (2021) and Sita Ramam (2022). Rashmika made her Tamil entry with ‘Sulthan’ opposite Karthi.
Born on April 5, 1996, she is the daughter of Mundachadira Madan Mandanna and Suman. The Mandanna family owns Serenity Hall, a wedding hall in Virajpet.
She did her schooling at the Coorg Public School (COPS), Gonikoppal, Kodagu. She studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Journalism and English Literature at the M.S. Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Bengaluru.
Along with her studies, she took up modelling. Rashmika got a break after she won the ‘Times Fresh Face’ title in 2014. There has been no looking back ever since.
She was targeted by a few Kannada television channels which dragged her name into various controversies to cash in on her popularity. However, she emerged unscathed, thanks to her deft handling of the situation.
Rashmika has signed up for a few Bollywood movies. In the course of the next couple of years, she is bound to emerge as the foremost actress in the country.
The previous winners of Coorg Persons of the Year have been featured in the book Coorg Role Models by P.T. Bopanna. Paperback copies of the book are available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.in/Coorg-Role-Models-Paperback-Bopanna/dp/9385741012
