Rashmika Mandanna’s casting as M.S. Subbulakshmi has faced criticism from some social media users. At the biopic’s launch, Kamal Haasan backed her and compared the pressure of the role to that of portraying Michael Jackson in a biopic

Rashmika Mandanna will portray legendary Carnatic vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi in MS: A Legacy on Screen, directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri and scored by Anirudh Ravichander. The biopic launches September 16, with Kamal Haasan attending the event