Looks like Rashmika Mandanna is playing an emotional lover girl in 'The Girlfriend', a love story ostensibly told from the perspective of the female lead. This is quite an achievement in an industry where love stories are rare to come by and female-centric ones are even rarer. Director Rahul Ravindran has written the film's story, screenplay and dialogues as well. This one could be better than his 'Chi La Sow'.
In the Teaser, we see the framing entirely focused on Rashmika, not because she is the heroine of two mega blockbusters ('Animal' and 'Pushpa 1') but because such is the nature of the story. Deekshith Shetty, her lover, is given a secondary treatment.
Produced by Geetha Arts, Mass Movie Makers, and Dheeraj Mogilineni Entertainment, this one is bankrolled by Dheeraj Mogilineni and Vidya Koppineedi. Actor Vijay Deverakonda stated that every single frame in the teaser is impressive. "Rashmika has been a lucky charm for so many of us actors, being part of our biggest successes. Growing fiercely as an actor, a performer and a star but all the while still remaining the same girl as a person, the same girl i met on sets 8 years ago," the actor further mentioned about his 'Geetha Govindam' and 'Dear Comrade' co-star.
The score by Hesham Abdul Wahab (the Mollywood composer shot to fame with Nani's 'Hi Nanna' last year) is haunting enough. And Vijay D's voiceover is flavoured with poetic Telugu verses. S Ramakrishna, Mounika Nigotre of 'Pushpa' fame are the film's production designers.
