First public outing since surgery

Rashmika Mandanna made her first public appearance since undergoing surgery for a hip injury at the engagement of producer Niranjan Reddy's son in Hyderabad, as reported by India Today and Times Now. She arrived at the venue with Vijay Deverakonda, holding hands and exchanging smiles. For the occasion, Rashmika wore a black-and-gold lehenga with detailed embroidery on the dupatta, while Vijay complemented her in an all-black outfit.

The appearance comes after Rashmika revealed on Instagram on August 3 that she had sustained the injury during a dance shoot for her upcoming film Mysaa. In her post, she described it as her third injury in a row, writing, "It happened awhile ago ya and this is my 3rd injury back to back..I should definitely learn to treat my body like a human body and not some machine.. (sic)."

Details of the injury

Rashmika explained that a tendon in her right hip had detached during the dance shoot. "So there are 4 tendons on each side of your hip that connects your hip to your leg and one of those tendons on my right hip apparently had detached and that has to attach again, for me to be able to lift my leg up and stuff.. and this happened during my dance shoot for Mysaa.. my god that's the most aggressive film I've ever done for sure! (sic)," she said, as quoted by India Today.

Times Now reported that she called the film the most physically demanding she had worked on, and that she had initially hoped to keep the injury private. She has been recovering at home and has not yet returned to filming.

Upcoming projects

Rashmika was last seen in the Hindi film Cocktail 2. She will next headline Mysaa, a female-led film directed by Rawindra Pulle, according to India Today. Times Now added that she will play a fierce Gond tribal woman in an action-oriented lead role in the film. She is also set to share the screen with Vijay Deverakonda in director Rahul Sankrityan's Ranabaali.