Actress Parineeti Chopra was super excited to share screen with Ranbir Kapoor in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's upcoming film 'Animal'. However, it was revealed few days back that Parineeti has walked out of the film in order to star in Imtiaz Ali's 'Chamkila'. The latest buzz about this development suggests that makers of 'Animal' have now decided to replace Parineeti with Rashmika Mandanna.

Rashmika is already an established star down south and she'll soon make her Bollywood debut with film 'Mission Majnu'. A source close to the development told Pinkvilla, "Bhushan Kumar and Sandeep Reddy Vanga felt that Rashmika fits the bill to the T. They wanted a fresh cast, rather than repeating the pairing of RK with another actress. The duo feels that both RK and Rashmika will set the screen on fire with their chemistry in Animal. The two share an interesting dynamic in the film."

'Animal' also stars actors Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol in pivotal roles and it is supposed to go on floors by this summer. Rashmika, on the other hand was recently seen in blockbuster Telugu film 'Pushpa' and soon she'll be seen sharing screen with Amitabh Bachchan in 'Goodbye'.