Not to make light of any of your takes on Rangasthalam but here is my hot take on that movie:

Rangasthalam painfully reminds me of the dearth of Telugu heroines in TFI or rather the reluctance of filmmakers to cast Telugu speaking actresses in Telugu movies.

Ramalakshmi is not a great role per say but atleast it& #39;s rooted & native and watching Samantha play that character with her & #39;stereotypical village girl& #39; expressions was painful.
Add to that Chinmayi& #39;s dubbing.
Samantha fans don& #39;t @ me.
It& #39;s ok of you liked her perf. I didn& #39;t.