Mumbai: Actress Rashmika Mandanna has shared a glimpse of her new passion that she has discovered in the past two months: reading books.

The diva posted a picture of some novels on Instagram Stories.

The caption reads: “This one in the last 2 months.. I can’t believe it took me almost 28 years to figure out what great reading feels like.. yes!! I would read it sooner but it would be so hard to find books to enjoy and finish and then I entered the rom-com world.. my god!! I should have started sooner.. please share some of your favorites.. I want to try and read them too..”

Rashmika made her acting debut in 2016 with the Kannada film ‘Kirik Party’. After that, she acted in Kannada films like ‘Anjani Putra’, ‘Chamak’, Telugu films – ‘Geetha Govindam’, ‘Devadas’, ‘Dear Comrade’, ‘Bheeshma’, ‘Pushpa: The Rise’.

She also starred in the Hindi action drama film ‘Animal’, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Triptii Dimri.

Rashmika also starred opposite Sidharth Malhotra in the action film ‘Mission Majnu’, directed by Shantanu Bagchi and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Amar Butala and Garima Mehta.

Next up is ‘Pushpa 2 The Rule’ starring Allu Arjun. Produced by Mythri Movie Makers and directed by Sukumar, ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ is slated to hit theatres worldwide on August 15.

The 28-year-old actress also has films like ‘Rainbow’, ‘The Girlfriend’, ‘Chaava’, ‘Sikandar’ and ‘Kubera’ lined up.