Vijay Deverakonda Calls Rashmika Mandanna 'Darling', Lauds Animal Teaser Amid Their Dating Rumours

The makers of Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna starrer Animal released the teaser of the Sandeep Reddy Vanga on Thursday, September 28 and left everyone excited for the upcoming movie. Among others, Rashmika’s rumoured boyfriend Vijay Deverakonda also took to his X account (formerly known as Twitter) to praise the teaser. He called Rashmika ‘darlings’ and extended best wishes to the team Animal.

“Wishing my Darlings @imvangasandeep @iamRashmika…And my fav RK the very best and Happy Birthday! (sic)” Vijay Deverakonda wrote. Soon after, Rashmika also reacted to his words and replied, “Thankyouuuuuuu @TheDeverakonda…You be the bestestestestttt! (sic).”

Interestingly, this comeas at a time when Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s dating rumours have also been making headlines. The two are rumoured to be dating for a long time. However, in April this year, E-Times reported that the Pushpa actress is ‘really fond of’ not Deverakonda but Telugu actor Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas. A source cited by the entertainment portal claimed that Rashmika was dating Sai. However, Sreenivas later broke silence on his dating rumours and called them ‘baseless’.

Later, a video of Rashmika and Vijay from their ‘secret’ date went viral on social media and left their fans wondering if the two stars are together again. Ever since, it is being said that the two stars have patched-up.

However, it should be noted that neither Rashmika nor Vijay have never accepted or denied their relationship.

Meanwhile, talking about Animal, the film marks Rashmika’s first movie with Ranbir Kapoor. Besides the two, Animal also stars Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol in key roles. Animal was originally slated to release in August. It was set to clash with Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2, Akshay Kumar’s OMG 2 and Rajinikanth’s Jailer. However, the director chose to delay the film to December because the post production of the film was incomplete. It will now hit theatres on December 1.