When Rashmika Mandanna shook a leg with Anil Kapoor to '3 Peg'

Rashmika was taken by surprise when Anil said that he would dance for a Kannada song, only if ‘Saanvi’ girl joined him on stage.
Anil Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna dancing together.
Anil Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna dancing together.

Rashmika Mandanna got to shake a leg with Bollywood’s evergreen hero, Anil Kapoor on Tuesday when the B-Town hero, who is fondly known to Kannada audience for his role in Pallavi Unpallavi, was in Bengaluru to attend an event.

Interestingly, the two put a few steps for the ‘3 peg’ song composed and sung by rapper, Chandan Shetty.

Apparently, Rashmika was taken by surprise when Anil said that he would dance for a Kannada song, only if ‘Saanvi’ girl joined him on stage.

“Anil Kapoor was excited and wanted to do a jig for a Kannada song, and insisted I join him on stage. Usually, when I am around a star, I start freaking out. When I was on stage with the legend, I said to myself, ‘Ooh I am dead.’ As I walked on to stage, I kept wondering how I would perform in front of him,” she says.

When Anil introduced himself in a two-minute formal conversation, Rashmika responded: “Sir, you don’t have to.” 

Rashmika, an established name in the Kannada and Telugu industry, goes on to say, “We are Sonam Kapoor generation, and could not get to watch much of his films. But seeing him here and there and people talking about him, Anil Kapoor is a living legend,” she says.

Rashmika is currently shooting for Darshan-starrer Yajamana as she awaits the release of her next Telugu flick. Meanwhile, a film (by Gautham Iyer) where she dons a cop’s role her film is now in the pre-production stage. “The script work is going on, and we will go on floors once everything is in place,” Rashmika says.

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