Samantha Ruth Prabhu is one of the most popular and skillful actresses in the Indian Cinema. She celebrates her 37th Birthday today. On this occasion let us tell you some untold facts about the living diva.
A life full of struggles
Samantha’s personal life as well as professional life have been full of ups and downs. Samantha had no connection with films, but the poor financial condition at home attracted her towards modeling.
From here the path opened for Samantha to enter the film world and then she did not look back. In the Hindi belt, she got recognition from the web series ‘The Family Man 2’.
Samantha, one of the highest paid actresses of the South now, is the owner of property worth approximately Rs 100 crore. Currently, she has big projects like the web series ‘The Citadel Honey Bunny’ produced by Karan Johar.
Family members did not have money for tuition
Samantha’s real name was Yashoda, born on April 28, 1987 in Alappuzha, Kerala. His father Joseph Prabhu is Telugu and mother Ninette Prabhu is Malayali. Samantha was brought up in Chennai. Samantha is the youngest in the family. She has two elder brothers named Jonath and David.
Samantha’s early education was from Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School. After this she did graduation in commerce from Stella Maris College, Chennai. Samantha was from a middle class family.
The family did not have money to educate her after 12th. In such a situation, Samantha started modeling to meet her own expenses. She also saw a time when she did not have money even for food, then one day while modeling, she was noticed by filmmaker Ravi Varman.
Came into films from modeling
Ravi Varman gave Samantha a chance to debut with the Telugu film ‘Yeh Maya Chesave’. The director of this film was Gautam Vasudev Menon. Samantha auditioned for the film and was signed for the film in August 2009.
The film was shot in India and America and was released on 26 February 2010. The film was a hit. In this, Samantha was cast opposite actor Naga Chaitanya with whom the audience liked her chemistry.
Samantha received a nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Telugu for her very first film. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut South. After ‘Yeh Maya Chesave’, Samantha’s career in films took off. She got offers from many films.
Rejected Srivalli’s role in ‘Pushpa’
Samantha gained a lot of popularity through the item song ‘O Antava’ of the film ‘Pushpa: The Rise’. Samantha was given a fee of Rs 1.5 crore for this one song. Earlier she was offered the lead role of Srivalli in the film, but she rejected the role and agreed to shoot only one song. Samantha did not want to dance on a glamorous song like ‘O Antava’, but after Allu Arjun persuaded her a lot, she agreed.
Fell ill in 2022, took a break from acting
Samantha was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease called myositis in 2022. Due to this, the muscles of the entire body remain swollen. After this, after completing the shooting of the Indian version of the web series ‘Citadel’ and the Telugu film ‘Kushi’, Samantha took a break from acting and went to America for treatment.
Divorce announced on social media
Samantha and Naga Chaitanya had informed about their divorce on 2 October 2021 through social media. According to media reports, after the divorce, Naga Chaitanya had offered an alimony of Rs 200 crore to Samantha, but the actress rejected it. However, Samantha had called the alimony of Rs 200 crore as false.
-Rahul Dubey