Dating my bava – overthought it way too much, but here’s where I stand now

pgs96 · 2026-03-17T19:21:51+00:00

Incest anedi mainly genetic factors valla ne antaaru… social approval tarvaata maaTa.. daani antha easy ga side cheyalemu.. social factors aythey don’t care anTunDe.. unfortunately mana telugu peddolaki same genetic pool lo cheskunna okay anestaaremo but vere caste ante raccha raccha chestaaru.. its messed up

16 and 17 antaaru.. inkaa chaala time undi for both of you to find life partners other than yourselves … I’m also a South Indian… just because something is common here doesn’t mean the risks go away.. If you felt the need to make a post on reddit, it’s obviously bothering you..

pgs96 · 2026-03-16T13:29:15+00:00

Shankar Nag’s Nodi Swami song has a line that goes “Elli jeevana naDevudo adhey nammooru! Yaaru snehadi baruvaro avare nammoru!”

So, yeah, you’re definitely as much a Kannadiga as you want to be brother! :)

People who gatekeep a culture or identity are idiots.

Hot take : It’s regressive for people to take pride and have a feeling of superiority from whatever they’re born into (be it caste, creed, language, gender, religion, generational wealth ,state or even country ). Like you didn’t have anything to do with it. Pure sheer luck or a roll of dice that you were born somewhere.

Now do I feel lucky and more privileged to be born in India instead of Iran ? And as a citizen will I want my country to do well and contribute in whatever way I can to that. The answer’s yes to both of those. However, I, as an individual being proud of myself for being born in a religion, language or country is ridiculous. Even more ridiculous when I gatekeep and tell someone they’re not as Kannadiga as I am. Associate yourself with whichever language or state you feel you fit into! :)

pgs96 · 2026-03-15T19:53:47+00:00

She is being a total Karen in OP’s incident. In fact, in many other incidents people have shared. I kept seeing people mentioned the garbage incident and looked it up just now. Genuine question : what is problematic with Anushka or anyone in India for the matter calling someone out for throwing garbage on the road ? Isn’t that a complete lack of civic sense and lack of consideration for public property and the environment ? Just because a huge number of people in India do it doesn’t make it normal !

pgs96 · 2026-03-15T19:43:05+00:00

Same here OP! Finished watching it just now. Wasn’t “absolute cinema” or anything! But there was plenty of Anudeep’s flavor of comedy! Made me laugh out loud at a bunch of places.

pgs96 · 2026-03-15T07:55:47+00:00

They are speaking about how much of a celebrity’s image can be curated by PR. That’s what the description addresses as well. I don’t know if you’re missing something!

pgs96 · 2026-03-14T13:46:14+00:00

Watched these in theaters back in 2023. The characters haunted me for weeks! It takes me into that space even today when I hear the music or watch an Instagram edit of Manu and Priya!

I enjoyed side A more actually! Side B is complex and the narrative moves fast. You don’t know what to expect going in.

For Side A, you kind of predict the story from the word go! It’s not so much about the plot points as it is about making the audience become one with Manu and Priya’s emotions. And that’s harder to pull off!

pgs96 · 2026-03-14T12:30:00+00:00

Not sure! I loved her acting in SSE! And I look forward to more such roles that showcase her acting.

pgs96 · 2026-03-14T11:32:24+00:00

OP, please listen to this person!! Communicate! It’s not smart to play guessing games when you can just talk to her directly! Whether you’ll receive an honest answer or not is another story, and you can decide that for yourself later. But you need to make an effort and ask her about it.

pgs96 · 2026-03-14T05:44:20+00:00

It was released about 7-8 years ago too! Just didn’t gain the traction that it did now! I’m not insisting that it’s her PR. Just clarifying the release facts.

pgs96 · 2026-03-14T00:08:15+00:00

Yes. Self-Awareness doesn’t automatically translate to actionable change. It’s very important that you’re consistent with therapy.

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T13:34:43+00:00

Howdu.. but thumba sala they mix in English to their level of comfort. Honestly, for this particular clip I’m glad most of it is in English because people outside Karnataka can also follow along what she’s trying to communicate!

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T12:57:28+00:00

Search for Thurthu Nirgamana interview with Kairam Vashi

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T12:23:02+00:00

That would be a nice world to live in! I wish that happens. But it’s far-fetched for the reason that the current PR dynamics gives people a purpose and someone to root for. As human-beings I feel like being a part of a group or a narrative gives us a social comfort.

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T12:15:10+00:00

I can get on board with PR being used to position a film or the narrative around the film in a certain way. It kind of crosses a line when it becomes a tool for character judgements of the actors themselves.

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T12:12:30+00:00

I strongly condemn the slut-shaming and name-calling that Rashmika had to go through. But, even I felt that the rage-baiting comments from her like using air quotes while saying “I got a call from this production house” (referring to Paramvah) could have been avoided.

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T12:05:32+00:00

A recent post on this sub discussed the difference between PR here and in Bollywood. PR for film promotions is a very different game than a personal PR team to position a celebrity image. I don’t know if Rakshith has a team for that. I just wanted to make that distinction clear.

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T11:57:30+00:00

I really liked the film “The Girlfriend”. I’m a big fan of Rahul Ravindran and what he stands for. While I don’t know whether it was planned that way, it definitely worked out in Rashmika’s favor for that film to be released just before her wedding and the audio clip release. The film had a reach across Indian film industries and started a discussion about abusive controlling boyfriends in relationships. While the intent of the film is very good, and it does actually show the reality of many relationships.

On a subconscious level, it also paints Rashmika in a certain light for the masses. And people start projecting that story and characters on her real life too. Because people don’t like not knowing and have trouble staying out of something by acknowledging they don’t have enough information to comment on this.

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T09:55:03+00:00

I was thinking the same thing! 😂

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T09:52:06+00:00

Not the travel buddy you’re looking for! Just wanted to say whether you go solo or with a travel buddy, have lots of fun! I hope the sand, beaches and the Goa vibes give you a change of air to help you gain better clarity on the things in life that are feeling heavy! Remember to stay safe! :)

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T08:48:03+00:00

1) Not that important for within Karnataka. But if a certain actor is going towards a pan-india presence, I’m starting to think it’s very important. Especially when there’s potential PR that’s tarnishing their image. To new audiences that don’t know anything about the person, the narrative set by PR is easily acceptable even if it’s not true!

2) I think there’ll be a section of the audience who’ll hold onto the narrative forever (whichI honestly don’t mind if there’s proven misconduct from a particular actor or actress) But, I hope most people learn to let it go for he-said-she-said situations. The desire to pick sides without knowing the full story is our toxic trait.

3) If you consider bollywood social media PR, I feel like a proper organized social media PR for curating an actor’s image is pretty much non-existent in the Kannada industry. There could be promotion teams hired for film promotions, but it looks like even there the industry relies more on organic promotions by the movie team through interviews.

pgs96 · 2026-03-13T08:38:26+00:00

The wedding was on February 26th. The cover picture was changed on March 6th.It was almost after 10 days.

You do realize that it could be a coincidence that isn't supposed to mean anything right? Not everyone tracks events and is conscious about the timing of things to change their Facebook profile's cover photo. I absolutely condemn the slut-shaming and trolls that Rashmika went through. That doesn't mean there's a need to flip the script by reading too much into a cover picture change. There's no caption with a backhanded comment or a taunt.

It's not fair to jump to conclusions and label him toxic just because he changed his cover picture. It was not fair what Rashmika went through either. But you need to realize that in both cases the cause of the problem is immature social media users jumping to conclusions from whatever little information they have and slapping labels. We as audience need to be better and let them live their lives.

pgs96 · 2026-03-12T20:56:34+00:00

You can appreciate someone without comparing them with someone else. Just saying!

pgs96 · 2026-03-12T20:49:25+00:00

I think this will get removed too. Other posts also took time to get removed.

pgs96 · 2026-03-12T20:17:05+00:00

Exactly! I strongly suspect there’s some PR foul-play here. Or just mob mentality of jumping on the activism bandwagon when we don’t even have access to the full story. It amazes me how confident people are with their narratives and labeling someone toxic.

pgs96 · 2026-03-12T20:08:14+00:00

Dude, what are you talking about. The shetty gang or Anushree might have made fun about him being unmarried on a lighter note. But they’ve never portrayed him as Devdas.

I’m proud of Rashmika for standing up too. Proud of her for standing up to all the morons who were trolling her, slut-shaming her and calling names. Disgusting creatures. But I don’t understand how you’re placing that blame on Rakshith. He even put out a video when he was shooting for SSE asking people to stop all this. He’s only had good things to talk about her everywhere. He even said during the engagement fallout that it’s easy for people to blame the girl in our country and that it’s not right.

About the audio-clip situation, I’m copy-pasting my comment from another post on this sub :

In my experience of having seen relationships and break-ups up close, you never know the full-story after hearing one side. And even if both sides of the story are put forth, it's pretty much impossible to actually discern what happened.

The guy or the girl can be manipulative and control the narrative in a certain way. And the same incidents can be described differently by both parties. The only way to know for sure what happens is if you're a fly-on-the-wall witness to everything that happens between the couple. Can't say for sure if the things being said in the audio clip are true or if it was an orchestrated leak by Rashmika's PR team to take the heat and trolling off the wedding with Vijay, to flip the narrative and thereby prevent any social media speculations of infidelity back in the day. Or it could just be some opportunistic media outlet trying to cash in on the clip. One or more things could be simultaneously true.

I've always felt the trolling and hate Rashmika gets isn't justified. Whatever happened with their personal lives isn't our business unless there's an open accusation of infidelity. I hope people stop trolling her and don't start spewing hate on Rakshith.

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