India, May 27 -- Kannada audiences have a love-hate relationship with Rashmika Mandanna. The actress, who was once considered Karnataka's crush, which she then took to a national level, receives nothing but negativity now back home. Since 2018's Pogaru , Rashmika has not worked in Kannada cinema, but more recently, she did share screen space with a fellow Kannadiga - she's paired with Dia fame Dheekshith Shetty in Rahul Ravindran's directorial The Girlfriend.

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Did Dheekshith and Rashmika ever discuss this wave of negativity surrounding her in Karnataka during the making of The Girlfriend? "Oh no! I keep myself...