Rashmika Mandanna turned into a bodyguard for Nagarjuna

Akkineni

Nagarjuna

heaped praises on his co-star Rashmika Mandanna at the

audio launch

of ‘DevaDas’ which happened last night. The star-studded event saw Samantha, Sushanth, Akhil and Amala Akkineni in attendance along with the star-cast of the film. After complimenting Nani for his natural acting and remembering the association with Vyjayanthi Movies, Nagarjuna spoke about the two beautiful heroines in the comedy-thriller.

The Akkineni scion said “As we were returning from

Thailand

a few days back, Rashmika was sitting beside me in the flight. The 3-hour journey went just like that as she was continuously making me laugh. She even turned into a

bodyguard

to save me. As it was a night flight, there were some drunken people who were pushing towards us. She jumped into action and even used her hand to protect me”. The 59-year-old veteran actor also declared ‘DevaDas’ will become a hat-trick of successes for the ‘Geetha Govindam’ starlet and she will become a top heroine in the South.

Furthermore, Nagarjuna added that September is going to be a month for Akkinenis as both ‘U-Turn’ and ‘Shailaja Reddy Alludu’ delivered good numbers at the box-office. Bankrolled by Ashwini Dutt and directed by Sriram Adittya, ‘DevaDas’ is all set to hit the screens on September 27.