Rashmika Mandana
Dream Big
Hello. How are you? All good? Congratulations to all the
winners. Super, super proud. I'm nobody to tell this. But thank you so much for
all your hard work. And I'm so glad to be here. Thank you so much for all of
you inviting me. Thank you, means a lot. So I had one speech prepared for the
gathering, but I don't know if somewhere someone had told me you have to tell
you, you know, life story. Anyway. So I don't think my life story is good
enough for this gathering. So what I'm going to do is it's called SHE
Empowerment.
Where do I start? Okay. So,
generally, I've been called, you know, "the smiling Queen," or
something they say out there, but is it too loud? should I? Is it fine? Okay.
Okay. So yeah, like I was saying, I have always been called "the smiling
Queen." And I, yes, of course, I always, always keep smiling. For all the
love I get for all the appreciation I get from all of you who watch my films.
But you know, one of the other reasons why I smile? All of us, I'm pretty sure
that all the girls here, smile through the sadness, through the loneliness,
through the anger, through the frustration, a smile is a superpower, you know.
Yeah, the same thing with me. I keep doing it, and one day, I keep thinking, I'll
keep smiling till that day when my smile turns into a real one from the heart.
But yes, this is a superpower. And that's why women are, I think, the purest.
I don't know, I don't
know how to say the mother is the purest being in the whole world is what they
say, right? Yeah. I'm so glad to be born a girl. I'm so glad to be born a girl
in this generation.
Having such people protect us with all that they've got. I
don't know. I'm just super glad, super proud, and yeah, well. So let me just
start introducing myself. I'm Rashmika. For all those who know me a big, big
Hi!
And for all those who don't well, I'm an actor in the
southern industry, and I hope soon you all get to know me as well. That's for
my introduction. I don't think I should go on more on that. Well, since I was a
really small girl, I still remember all that my mother said was you should
never let someone else see you angry, see you cry, see you feel any of the
negative emotions because apparently, that's, that's showing your weakness,
right? That's what my mom has always told me. And I think that's one of the
reasons why I just don't know what else to do now. I actually genuinely do not
know how to cry. Do you know that? Like, I have to work so hard to actually cry
on screen, I cannot do it. And I look like an idiot when I cry on stage. I mean
cry on screen, I'm sorry. So yeah, I think that is the one thing I can't do.
But I don't know, I don't know, I don't know what to say nowadays I see women
doing so many things. Women accomplish so many things in different fields. And
I feel too little. I feel like, what am I doing?
I don't know. Is it
good enough? Is it enough for me to get all of this love and appreciation for
something so small that I'm doing? I don't know. I don't. I still feel like
this is not enough, and I want to do a lot more.
And well, I'm just a girl from a small town in Karnataka
called Virajpet in the Kodagu district. I don't know if you guys are aware of it.
From there I don't know how my life has happened. I don't know at the age of
23; I'm here talking to such a gathering. But I'm, I'm glad that I am, and I
don't know if I want to say that I'm proud of myself yet because I don't think
I'm done yet. I've just started, and I feel like I'm in the process of getting
myself a huge, big loving kingdom that I'm going to create for myself. And why
I started saying this is if I, a girl from Kodagu, can do this then imagine you
guys from Hyderabad what you're capable of. I think women are capable of doing
anything they want in this world. And I hope one day all of you make your
dreams come true.
Please dream big. I'm sorry if
the speech is too boring. But I just want to say, dream big, do not give a
break, keep working hard, keep working hard. It's okay if someone is laughing
at you. It's okay if someone is pulling your leg, pulling you back down, it's
okay. You just keep working hard. You just keep looking up at the sky and reach
your goals no matter what anyone else says. Because if you cannot protect
yourself and dream for yourself, nobody else can.
Truly, trust me. I've been there. I've done
that, and now I'm in the process of getting there, and I think I will get there
pretty soon. I hope all of you join me and thank you so much for doing such a
wonderful program like this and having me as a part of it. Means a lot, feel
real, and I'm truly grateful honestly. Thank you so much, and sorry if I have
bored you. But I just wanted to say we are here to protect you, and I hope you
reach your dreams you make your dreams come true. Thank you.
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