Rashmika Mandanna has been busy touring with Dulquer Salmaan and Mrunal Thakur prior to the release of her Telugu film Sita Ramam directed by Hanu Raghavapadi. On the other hand, her rumoured boyfriend, Vijay Devarakonda is busy promoting Liger, his Bollywood debut, where is co-starring with Ananya Panday. Recently, Vijay Devarakonda graced one promotional event of Sita Ramam, where Rashmika was also present.

A small glimpse of his speech at the event, on Vyjayanthi Movie’s Instagram account. While talking about his Dear Comrade co-star, he said, “Rashmika, you always look so pretty and beautiful. Everyone is giggling as soon as I mention your name. I don’t know why.” He was then asked why he he is not doing love stories, he said that he wanted to do something new this time to drive away monotony. He added that he wanted to break the monotony by playing action-oriented films, instead of lover boy characters.

The two, who were twinning in white, also hugged each other at the same event. The video went viral on social media, and many have compared their hug to that of Dear Comrade. In Dear Comrade, Vijay and Rashmika play a couple and they hug a number of times throughout the movie. Watch video here:

The speculations about Rashmika and Vijay dating have been making rounds ever since the release of Geetha Govindham. Recently, when Vijay and Ananya made their presence felt at Koffee With Karan, Ananya hinted that the two maybe dating each other. Rashmika was previously engaged to Rakshit Shetty and then they broke off the engagement. Rashmika entered the industry only after this.