Actress Reba Monica John recently got her breakthrough with Thalapathy Vijay's Bigil, directed by Atlee. Her performance as Anitha received good reviews and her character as an acid attack survivor won the hearts of the masses. Interestingly, two chartbuster songs from the film, 'Singappenney' and 'Maathare' were associated with her character. Up next, Reba Monica John will be seen playing one of the female leads in Vishnu Vishal's FIR, directed by debutant Manu Anand. Director Gautham Vasudev Menon, Raiza Wilson, Manjima Mohan are also a part of the cast of FIR.

Meanwhile, Reba Monica John has now bagged a super biggie and it sure is going to be an important film in her filmography. Yes! The talented actress has been signed as the female lead for the upcoming Kannada film, Rathnan Prapancha, starring Dhananjaya as the protagonist. Dhananjaya is one of the leading stars in Kannada cinema and getting to feature as the female lead in his film will surely make Reba quite popular in the Sandalwood industry. Rathnan Prapancha is Reba's second film in Kannada cinema, with her debut film being Sakalakala Vallabha which is in the post production stages.

The announcement was officially made this morning (August 27) by the makers. Taking to her Twitter space, Reba Monica John wrote, "Super excited to be joining this journey". Yash starrer KGF's Executive Producer, Karthik Gowda will produce this film along with his partner Yogi G Raj under the banner of KRG Studios. Dhananjaya's character in the film is called Rathnakara and the story will revolve around his journey. The main crux is said to deal with the relationship between Rathnakara and his mother.

Shreesha Kuduvalli will be handling the visuals, while B Ajaneesh Loknath has been signed to head the musical department. Rathnan Prapancha is directed by Rohit Padaki of Dayavittu Gamanisi fame. The shooting of Rathnan Prapancha is announced to begin in another three to four days with all precautionary measures in place. Reba Monica John who has a special fan base on social media is turning out to be one of the promising actors of this generation and we wish that she bags a lot more exciting projects in the coming years. For now, check out the announcement about her addition to the cast of Rathnan Prapancha below: