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South actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is celebrating her 37th birthday today. Samantha's personal life to professional life has been full of ups and downs. Samantha had no connection with films, but the poor financial condition at home attracted her towards modelling.
From here the path opened for Samantha to enter the film world and then she did not look back. In the Hindi belt, he got recognition from the web series 'The Family Man 2'.
After this, he gained immense popularity with the song 'O Antava' from 'Pushpa'. Samantha, one of the highest paid actresses of the South, is the owner of property worth approximately Rs 100 crore. Currently, he has big projects like the web series 'The Citadel Honey Bunny' produced by Karan Johar.
On the birthday of Samantha, who made her mark in the glamor industry on her own, know the interesting facts of her life…
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. He has two elder brothers named Jonath and David.
Samantha's photo taken during college. (circled in red)
Samantha's early education was from Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School. After this he did graduation in commerce from Stella Maris College, Chennai. Samantha was from a middle class family.
The family did not have money to educate him 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. He got offers from many films.
Samantha in the film 'Yeh Maya Chesave'.
In an interview, Ravi Varman had said about casting Samantha in the film that when he saw Samantha for the first time in a three-minute commercial, he understood that Samantha would be the heroine of his next film. Not only this, Ravi compared Samantha with South's famous actress Revathi.
Had to leave two big films due to illness
After 2010, Samantha appeared in many films, but in 2012 there came a time when she had to withdraw from two big films. These films were Mani Ratnam's film 'Kadal' and Shankar's film 'Aai'. Actually, in the year 2012, Samantha had immunity disorder, due to which she rejected many big films.
When her health did not improve, Samantha took a break from films. After this he was seen in SS Rajamouli's Telugu-Tamil film 'Eega'. Samantha's work in this film was also liked a lot. Even after this, Samantha worked in many hit films and she joined the list of South's most hit actresses.
Samantha and Manoj Bajpayee in 'The Family Man 2'.
Took combat training for 'The Family Man 2'
2021 proved to be great for Samantha. In the web series 'The Family Man 2', he was greatly liked in the role of a terrorist named Raji. Series director Suparn S Verma had told in an interview, 'Samantha Akkineni had put in a lot of effort in the role of Tamil rebel 'Raazi'.
The character sketch was sent to him first. In it a Tamil rebel is holding a knife in his hands. There was also a brief brief regarding the character. As soon as she saw and read all that, Samantha said yes. He did the entire action himself. Did not use body double. For that he took combat training for one and a half months. Only then did his action appear sharp on the screen.
Allu Arjun and Samantha in the film 'Pushpa: The Rise'.
Srivalli's role in 'Pushpa' was rejected
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.
Naga Chaitanya and Samantha's wedding photo.
Marriage with Naga Chaitanya lasted for four years
Samantha and Naga Chaitanya fell in love with each other on the sets of the 2010 film 'Yeh Maya Chesave'. Before marriage, the couple dated each other for about seven years. Then on 6 October 2017, both of them got married. They were married according to both Hindu and Christian customs. After 4 years of marriage, in 2021, both of them announced their separation through a post on social media.
Divorce announced on social media
Samantha and Naga Chaitanya had informed about their divorce on 2 October 2021 through social media.
Had given reaction on rejection of alimony of Rs 200 crores
According to media reports, after the divorce, Naga Chaitanya had offered Samantha an alimony of Rs 200 crore, but the actress rejected it. However, Samantha had called the alimony of Rs 200 crore as false.
In 2022, when Samantha had appeared on the chat show Koffee with Karan, Karan Johar had asked her what is the most ridiculous news that she has read about herself, then Samantha had said, 'That I have taken Rs 200 crore in alimony. I wake up every morning and think that the Income Tax officer will come and see that I have nothing.
Samantha also talked about nepotism. Karan Johar had asked her that if someone has a brother, father or uncle in the South Industry, does it not cause any problem to the actresses?
Samantha had said that actresses face problems due to this, but some things are in the hands of the audience for which no relative can do anything.
Samantha in Hyderabad house.
Samantha is the owner of 100 crores
Apart from films, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is also known for her luxury life. Last year she was in the news about her new house. There were reports that Samantha has bought her new house in Hyderabad, which is worth crores.
According to the reports of Economic Times, Samantha had bought a luxurious 3 BHK flat in Hyderabad. It is situated in 'Jaybheri Orange County'. According to reports, the actress has bought this flat for Rs 7.8 crore.
According to real estate debt analytics firm CRE Matrix, this luxurious flat has 6 parking slots. Also this flat is right in front of the sea.
Talking about films, Samantha charges Rs 3 to 5 crores for a film. His net worth is around Rs 100 crore.
Samantha had bought an apartment worth Rs 15 crore in Mumbai.
Samantha has also bought an apartment in Mumbai, which was worth Rs 15 crore. Apart from this, the actress also has a luxurious house worth Rs 100 crore in Jubilee Hills, where Samantha lived with her ex-husband Naga Chaitanya. After divorce, Chaitanya gave this house to Samantha.
Samantha had dubbed for the film 'Yashoda' during the treatment of myositis, the photo of which she herself shared on social media.
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.
During this time, the news was spread that Samantha does not have money for treatment and she has taken help of Rs 25 crore from a South superstar.
Samantha had called this news a lie on social media and said, 'She has worked in films for a long time and now she does not need to take financial help from anyone.'