Rashmika Mandanna adopts 400 families after playing Jayamma in Vijay Deverakonda’s Ranabaali: ‘If this could influence you’ | Hindustan Times

Rashmika Mandanna is awaiting the release of her film Ranabaali, her first film with husband Vijay Deverakonda since their marriage. Recently, the actor shared that playing Jayamma in the film, which draws inspiration from one of the darkest chapters in India's history – the devastating Famine of 1876-78 – inspired her to adopt 400 families and provide them with groceries.‘If this could influence you’Rashmika took to Instagram to share that she had adopted 400 families and would provide them with groceries for three months, helping them save money and use it to plan their futures better.She also shared a video of her team distributing ration kits to the families. She wrote, “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.. and I would always keep doing things like this for all the love that you give me.. but always kept this under the wraps cz 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. ❤️ So hence I thought why not start now.. with this!.”‘Want to just help 400 families at a time for 3 months each’She added, “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.. 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! ❤️ 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!” About RanabaaliVijay and Rashmika's Ranabaali draws inspiration from the Great Famine of 1876-78, one of the deadliest famines in colonial India. Repeated droughts affected large parts of southern and western India, including Rayalaseema, a drought-prone region in present-day Andhra Pradesh. Despite the crisis, the British continued exporting grain from India, contributing to widespread starvation and the deaths of millions. Ranabaali is a fictional story set in 1870s South India during the Great Famine. Vijay plays a rebellious warrior who confronts a British commissioner while protecting his region and its people. Rashmika plays Jayamma, Ranabaali's wife and partner in his rebellion. Directed by Rahul Sankrityan, the film is scheduled to release in theatres on October 16.