Actress Rashmika Mandanna on January 11 clarified her comment, “Bollywood has romantic songs, south has mass songs.”
During the launch event of Mission Majnu song from the Varisu, she said, “For me, while growing up, romantic songs meant Bollywood numbers. In South, we have mass masala, item numbers and dance numbers.”
Her comment left many netizens upset.
In a recent interview Mandanna said her comment was misunderstood and her words were ‘twisted’.
“There are somethings which you say in some context and then they are turned against you and you are like, ‘but that’s not what I meant’,” Rashima said during an interview with Galatta Plus.
She added that, “People didn’t realise that I was cut in between my answer.”
“But my whole answer was going to be, ‘In south, we have mass numbers, item numbers, romantic songs, I have been blessed with so many romantic songs, I have “Kadalalle”, “Belageddu”, Mandanna clarified.
“I have no reason to say South only has mass songs. This was going to be my answer but nobody wants to listen to the whole thing,” said Mandanna.