Rahul Ravindran on the deep impact of his directorial The Girlfriend, "Rashmika Mandanna read the script and she said, 'I immediately want to make this film'"; also reveals whether he will make The Boyfriend next
Writer and director Rahul Ravindran’s latest Telugu movie The Girlfriend is making the right noise these days after it released earlier this month. The Rashmika Mandanna and Dheekshith Shetty starrer is hailed as a hard-hitting saga on toxic relationships. Ravindran spoke about the film and more in an interview with us. The Girlfriend is not just a film. It has triggered a new surge of debates on the feminine voice in toxic relationships. Did you expect this kind of response? I was hoping for discussion and debate, sir. And the interesting thing is that Rashmika read the script and she said, ‘I immediately want to make this film. This needs to urgently be made. And I'm making this film because I want this to be a big hug to all these girls out there who are going through these things. And I know how difficult it can be.’ And I was making this film, interestingly, so that the Vikrams can go back home, think and reflect and introspect. And that was as important for me as women findi...