Actress Rashmika Mandanna has joined Ranbir Kapoor-starrer ‘Animal’. The Hindi-language crime drama will be directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga of ‘Kabir Singh’ fame and is backed by T-Series. The announcement was made by T-Series on its official Twitter account. The tweet read, “On the auspicious occasion of Ugadi & Gudi Padwa, we welcome @iamRashmika to the team of #Animal! Shooting begins this summer”.
Mandanna was last seen in Allu Arjun-led superhit ‘Pushpa’. She is set to make her Bollywood debut with the spy thriller ‘Mission Majnu’ opposite Sidharth Malhotra. She will also be seen in the Hindi movie ‘Goodbye’ alongside megastar Amitabh Bachchan. ‘Animal’, which will start shooting this summer, also features actors Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol. The film is slated to release on August 11, 2023.
Earlier, actor Parineeti Chopra was cast in the film, but according to media reports she had to opt-out of ‘Animal' because of a scheduling conflict.