Rashmika Mandanna adopts 400 families, pledges year-long grocery support

Actor Rashmika Mandanna has adopted 400 families and will cover their grocery expenses in three-month phases. The actor hopes the year-long initiative will inspire followers to undertake small acts of kindness.

In Short

• Rashmika Mandanna adopts 400 families to cover groceries for 3 months each
• She shares this to inspire followers towards small acts of kindness
• Rashmika relates this initiative to her character Jayamma in Ranabaali

Actor Rashmika Mandanna has announced that she has adopted 400 families, offering to cover their grocery expenses for three months at a time over the next year. The actor shared the news on social media, explaining that she wanted to encourage others to undertake small acts of kindness.

Rashmika, who is currently awaiting the release of Ranabaali, said her character Jayamma had similarities with her personality, including her desire to help others. She added that she had previously kept such initiatives private but decided to speak about this one in the hope that it would inspire her followers.

“There is something in the characters you play that influence you. A lot of you keep asking are there any similarities between Jayamma and me and my answer is yes – and this is one of them. This has always been me and this is also her (sic),” she wrote on Instagram.

Explaining why she had decided to share the initiative publicly, Rashmika added, “I would always keep doing things like this for all the love that you give me. But always kept it under the wraps because I thought if I knew and just my team knew and just a bunch of us knew, it was enough. But now I am opening up about this because I am thinking, if this could influence you lovelies out there to do anything like this, I would be happy (sic).”

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The actor said the support would be extended to 400 families at a time, with the aim of helping them save money on groceries and use those savings to plan their futures.

“So hence I thought why not start now, with this! I've adopted 400 families today. And I want to just help 400 families at a time for 3 months each and continue this for the next one year and hope that they can save that money of groceries and use it to save and plan their futures better (sic),” she said.

Rashmika also urged her followers to contribute in whatever way they could, stressing that acts of kindness did not have to be large to make a difference.

“Even a small act of kindness can change a person's life, and it doesn't have to be big. Let's all start with something small!” she wrote.

Reflecting on the effort and challenges that have come with her career, the actor said seeing the families' smiles made the experience worthwhile.

“And trust me all these smiles are worth every sleepless nights, the injuries, the struggles, the pain the tears the everything that I've gone had to go through over the last working years. This is priceless!! (sic)” she added.

She also shared a list of grocery items that she will donate as part of this drive.

Rashmika's announcement comes as she continues to work across the industries. Through the initiative, she has called on her followers to look for ways to help others, even through small, practical contributions.

She will be seen next in Ranabaali, which marks her third collaboration with actor-husband Vijay Deverakonda, after Geetha Govindam and Dear Comrade. Directed by Rahul Sankrityan, the film is based on the Great Madras Famine of 1876-1878. The film will hit theatres on October 16 and will face competition from Rajinikanth's Jailer 2, which will hit theatres on October 15.

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