Rashmika Mandanna is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu and Kannada films. He is popularly known as ‘Karnataka Crush’ by Indian media and the Kannada film industry.
Rashmika is one of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in the Telugu and Kannada film industries. In November 2020, the search engine giant Google recognized Rashmika as “India’s National Crush” for the year 2020.
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Rashmika Mandanna Biography/wiki
Real Name | Rashmika Mandanna |
Nick Name | Karnataka Crush |
Profession | Actor, Model |
Physical Stats | |
Rashmika Mandanna Height | In centimeter- 168 In Meters – 1.68 In feet & inches – 5’6 |
Weight | In Kilogram- 55 kg In Pound- 121 lbs |
Body Measurement | 34-25-34 |
Eye color | Dark Brown |
Hair color | Black |
Personal Life | |
Date of birth | 5th April 1996 |
Rashmika Mandanna Age (2022) | 26 Years |
Birthplace | Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka, India |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Nationality | Indian |
Home town | Virajpet, Kodagu, Karnataka, India |
School | Coorg Public school (Virajpet) Mysore institute of commerce and Art college |
College/University | MS Ramaiah College of Arts Science and Commerce, Bangalore |
Educational Qualification | Graduation in Psychology, Journalism, English literature |
Religion | Hinduism |
Food Habit | Dosa |
Tattoos | On the right-hand forearm (Irreplaceable) |
Family member | |
Marital status | Unmarried |
Rashmika Mandanna’s Boyfriends | Rakshit Shetty (Actor) Chiranjiv Makwana (Film Director) |
Fiance | Rakshit Shetty (Ex-Fiance) |
Parents | Father – Madan Mandanna Mother – Suman Mandanna |
Sibling | Sister – Shiman Mandanna |
Income | |
Salary | 1 Million USD |
Rashmika Mandanna’s Net worth | 23 Million USD |
Rashmika Mandanna Education

Rashmika Mandanna (born 5 April 1996) is from Virajpet, a town in the Kodagu district of Karnataka, there she speaks Kodava. For her schooling, she joined Coorg Public School (COPS) and she pursued a Pre-university course at Mysore Institute of Commerce and Arts. after that she pursued a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Journalism, and English Literature from M.S. Ramaiah College. along with studies she also started her modeling career and appeared in a couple of advertisements.
Modeling Career
Rashmika Mandanna started appearing in modeling when she was doing her bachelors degree and from there she started her career in modeling and participated in Clean and clear Times Fresh Face of India 2014, she won this title which she got in the month of January 2015 due to this she was made the brand ambassador of Clean and Clear. After this title she won La Mode Bangalore’s Top Model Hunt 2015, Season 2 title also. The filmmaker received her picture from the fresh face competition and they have selected her for the film Kirik Party. At such a young age she was ranked at 24th position of “Bangalore times 25 most desirable women of 2016” and she also won the “Bangalore Times 30 Most Desirable Women of 2017”
Kannada Debut
At the age of 19, Rashmika made her debut in acting in Kirik Party in 2016, which was widely spread and got more attention from the critics and audience, it also became Highest- grossing film of the year by collecting Rs. 50 crore where production budget was only 4 crore, this film completed its 250 days in the main theatres of Karnataka. With this, Rashmiska got praise for her performance as Saanvi, TOI The Times of India, and The New Indian Express also expressed their views on her performance as Saanvi in Kirik Party. The Deccan Chronicle’s Shahi prasad observed her acting skill and said “Beautiful senior Saanvi played by Rashmiska Mandanna, her beautiful and cute portrayal as Saanvi will surely make all guys their unforgettable crush” and this won her SIIMA Award for the Best Debut Actress.
In 2017 Rashmika’s first film in the Kannada language was released with Harsha’s Anani Putra which was opposite Puneeth Rajkumar, and this film also ran about 50 days in the theatres of Karnataka. The New Indian Express Sharadhaa claimed that “This is Rashmika Mandanna’s first movie with Puneeth and she has enhanced her glam quotient, even while keeping her girl-next-door appeal”.
Rashmika Personal Life

Rashmiska began dating her co-star Rakshit Shetty of Kirik party, they both were started dating each other and got engaged on 3 July 2017 in a private ceremony in her hometown Virajpet but due to some compatibility, they broke up in Sep 2018. Now according to some source Rashmika and film director Chiranjeev Makwana. is in a relationship.
Controversies
In 2019 Rashmika got a nasty experience when she got trolled for her childhood picture wherein the photo Dagar was written and Daagar means Prostitute. As soon as Rashmika came to know about this incident, she lashed out to the troll.
On 16 Jan 2020 when Rashmika was not there at her residence, Virajpet, an income tax officer raided her residence were 15 officers reached the house on suspicion to evade the tax.