Pushpa 2: Rashmika Mandanna reveals she was initially ‘uncomfortable’ filming the controversial song 'Peelings'

Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa 2 is breaking multiple records at the box office. Recently, Rashmika Mandanna, the female lead of the film opened up about the controversial song 'Peelings' from the film. The song has been subjected to criticism owing to its choreography and multiple social media users confessed that they were not on board with the dance emoves. The actress has now addressed the criticism and mentioned that she was initially 'uncomfortable' with the dance moves involving lifting her. 

Rashmika Mandanna on Peelings from Pushpa 2

Rashmika Mandanna said, “Peelings was shot a couple of days before its release. We finished shooting for that song in five days." She then added that when she saw the rehearsal video she was surprised. “It came as a surprise because the second we saw the rehearsal video, I was like, ‘What in the world is going on?’ Majority of the time I thought I was dancing on Allu Arjun sir," Rashmika told Galatta Plus.

The actress further added that she decided to take this song as a challenge and gave it a shot. “I am someone who has a phobia of being lifted, I wasn’t very comfortable with people lifting me and here is the song where I am only being lifted. I had this thing of ‘how am I going to do this?’ I recently realised that if I make up my mind, I fully go and surrender to my director and co-actor. I was like, ‘Let’s just do it. If this is what the film needs, let’s do it.’ Once you trust the man, it becomes fun," Rashmika said.

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Meanwhile, Pushpa 2: The Rule is directed by Sukumar and stars Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, and Fahadh Faasil. In the first 16 days of its release, the Hindi version has already become the highest-grossing Hindi film of all time, beating Stree 2 and Jawan. 

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