Bollywood actress Mrunal Thakur is becoming the Tollywood talk of the town after her South Indian debut with Hanu Raghavapudi’s Sita Ramam. The actress started her career initially with Hindi soap operas and then got introduced through Marathi films. Her first recognition came from the Hindi film Toofaan. Now, she has become the most talked about promising actress of the year from the South.

Sita Ramam was re-released in Hindi today after its success in other languages. The Hindi trailer of the film was released yesterday. Mrunal recently commented, “I could not have asked for a better debut in any of the Southern movies. The love that I have been getting is incredible. And above all, it is a beautiful and sweet story and I am glad that with the movie being dubbed in Hindi it is going to reach more people. As an actor, I am almost getting the best of both worlds.”

Mrunal’s claim to fame from Soap Operas came from Kumkum Bhagya and then her appearence on Nach Baliye 7 also helped. After doing 2 Marathi films, she was introduced in Bollywood with films like Love Sonia and Super 30. She then did Batla House, Ghost Stories, Dhamaka and Jersey. Jersey was the Hindi remake of the Telugu film with the same name. She had reprised the role of Shraddha Srinath in the film and co-starred with Shahid Kapoor.

The actress has now completed a film called Pippa directed by Raja Krishna Menon and co-starring Ishaan Khatter and Priyanshu Painyuli in supporting roles. She has also completed Pooja Meri Jaan directed by Navjot Gulati where she is acting with Huma Qureshi and Vijay Raaz. Directed by Umesh Shukla, she is filming for Aankh Micholi along with Abhimanyu Dasani. Gumraah, the remake of the Tamil film Thadam is also starring Mrunal Thakur and Aditya Roy Kapoor in lead roles.