: Playing the ambitious Mahalakshmi alongside Naga Chaitanya, she earned the CineMAA Award for Best Actress. Baahubali: The Beginning : Her portrayal of the warrior brought her pan-India fame and international recognition. F2: Fun and Frustration
For a long time, the criticism leveled against commercial Telugu cinema was that heroines were relegated to being mere eye candy. Tamannaah faced this barrier but began chipping away at it. The turning point came with S.S. Rajamouli’s magnum opus, Baahubali .