Samantha Ruth Prabhu revealed that she was asked not to take up the item song Oo Antava from Pushpa after her divorce was announced. She said to them that she did not want to stay at home.
Pushpa: The Rise, the blockbuster is popular not just for the performances of Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil. The item song Oo Antava, starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, became a nationwide sensation as well. The actress said that she had received the offer while she was separated from her ex-husband, actor Naga Chaitanya, and her close family and friends advised her against it. However, her first instinct was to take it as she wanted to avoid staying at home with all the negative news.
The actress will next be seen in Shaakuntalam, in which she plays the title role opposite Dev Mohan who appears as king Dushyanta. Since her divorce in 2021, Samantha has been selective in the selection of projects in which she shows up. Her special appearance, in Pushpa’s special number was the first thing she picked up after her breakup was announced. Her family and close friends felt she should not have done it.
In an interview with media, Samantha recalled how she didn’t want to hide away during her divorce proceedings. She said, “When I was offered ‘Oo Antava’, it was in the middle of the separation [from Naga]. After the announcement came, every well-wisher and every family member was like ‘You will sit at home, you will not do an item song just when you have announced the separation’. Even my friends, who always encouraged me to challenge myself, told me, ‘Do not do an item song’. But I was like, ‘Ok, I am doing it”
We will also see Samantha in the Telugu film Kushi with Vijay Deverakonda. Written and directed by Shiva Nirvana, they will release it on September 1, 2023. She is currently filming for the Indian adaptation of the Prime Video series Citadel with Varun Dhawan. Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, also known as Raj and DK are directing the series. She had worked with the filmmakers on the second season of The Family Man, in which we saw her as the antagonist.
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