Mamitha Baiju, who shot to fame with Premalu in 2024, has played a nuanced character in Dude. Although the film's success in Telugu and Tamil is not guaranteed, it's time to take stock of her latest choice.
The actress has been called the next Sai Pallavi by many. Such has been the Premalu effect. "Sai Pallavi as Malar, stole hearts, with Premam. Not by being an ethereal beauty, but by being simple. Malar teacher had something even more precious than raw beauty - a quaint innocence. Like a flower that has just bloomed, with a few drops of dew on its petals. Whoever named the character was a genius. Mamitha brings that same energy 10 years later to Tamil Nadu," wrote Karthik Balachandran, a doctor by profession.
Frankly, Dude doesn't do justice to those super-high expectations from Mamitha. In many scenes, she probably had a no make-up look. That's fine. The director wanted her to look real. But her everywoman looks are not charming. Sai Pallavi's everywoman, in contrast, have always been atypical.
