Rahul Sankrityan’s Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna -starrer Ranabaali was released in theatres this Friday. The film marks the couple’s on-screen reunion after years and their first release together since their marriage. So much so that Rashmika had to console her.
Talking to the press in Hyderabad after the film’s release, Vijay said that his mother broke down sobbing while watching an emotional scene in Ranabaali.
Because my body doesn’t know it, i am acting, but I feel pain. (Also Read: Ranabaali movie review: Faction film genre meets colonial trauma in Vijay Deverakonda, Rashmika Mandanna film ) When Vijay was asked about Ranabaali’s characters, he called Rashmika’s Jayamma his favourite. “I love Jayamma. I love her off-screen, I love her on-screen. So, Jayamma will always be my first priority. The first time I saw the character on set was when she entered his house in her wedding saree. He then spoke about a key scene in the second half of the film, featuring Ranabaali and Jayamma. I think when you see it, that’s what you feel. That fear and pain stayed somewhere in my heart. I kept telling her, mummy, this is just a movie. But she kept sobbing loudly…we don’t usually cry like that in public. I had to ask Rushi to go sit with her for a while. He stated that some scenes in the film had the same effect on his childhood friends, too, adding, “It’s understandable, she’s my mother. But my school friends were sitting in front of me, and one of them started crying. So, it’s a very intense and emotional film overall, personally, when it comes to the subject.”
We were not married yet, so to see her as a bride made me emotional,” he said. He said, “I felt physical pain doing the scene with Jayamma in the second half that everyone’s talking about. He told me he couldn’t control his tears.
Vijay also remarked that his mother had to be consoled while watching Ranabaali , saying, “I watched the film thrice: twice during editing and once yesterday, when I saw the final cut with CGI and music. But when I watched the scenes yesterday, I was choking up, and my mom broke down sobbing as she sat behind me.
