The Girlfriend (Telugu)

Rahul Ravindran’s The Girlfriend starring Rashmika Mandanna and Dheekshith Shetty, is a clinical study of patriarchy’s influence on relationships. The film brilliantly explores the nuances of it through the lucid portrayal of Bhooma Devi (Rashmika) who has been prophetically named after Earth by her mother, to endure all the pain and cruelty inflicted on her.

Bhooma, who is an MA English literature student, has been cocooned all her life. She finds solace only in the comfort of books. She is not interested in being in a relationship. But before she could process an intimate moment, she is already treated as a demarcated property and announced as “the girlfriend” of Vikram (Dheekshith) in the college. Writer-Director Rahul Ravindran, who also plays a small rol

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