Why Rashmika Mandanna is in EVERY movie (And why it's not her fault)

Has Google Newsfeed lost its head? | wondered.

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One day, it told me Rashmika Mandanna was shooting for the horror-comedy Thama. The next day, the feed said her Kuberaa was to be released soon. She's also to star in Pushpa 3, | was informed. Wait, isn't she already in theatres with Sikandar? And wasn't she just there in another blockbuster Chhaava that raked in over a thousand crores barely a few months ago with Pushpa 2. And didn't Animal seem like it was released the day before yesterday? Google Feed hadn't lost its Al mojo; it seems there's no film made today that doesn't have Ms Mandanna starring in it. That begs us to ask the question (tongue-firmly-in cheek): has Rashmika Mandanna lost her head? Or is she simply trying to be the female equivalent of Akshay Kumar in terms of film frequency?

But here's the kicker: while Akshay headlines his films as the protagonist kicking, pushing, and emoting the story forward, Rashmika is relegated to being arm candy, the pretty face who exists primarily to be wooed, stalked, danced around, or occasionally worshipped like a mother figure. She's there, but she's not really there there — if you catch my drift.

So, is this Rashmika’s fault? The effect whose cause is poor career choices? Or is she simply playing the cards she's been dealt with?

I think, in the testosterone-driven world of Indian cinema — Bollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood, etc. — Rashmika is just making hay while the sun shines upon her fate. She doesn't yet mind pouting her way as the female lead in androcentric films, i.e. cinema where the male lead is the sun around which everyone else orbits.