The biggest actresses in India were earlier always those who worked in the Hindi film industry. Things have changed now Bollywood heroines consistently raked in the biggest paychecks. Things have changed now. It is only in recent years that South actresses have caught up with their Bollywood counterparts. Among them, there is one name who is one of the most popular and highest-paid stars. Her road to success has been quite tough. We are talking about Samantha Ruth Prabhu. She is currently one of the most successful and well-known actresses. She made several successful films in Tamil and Telugu, in her career spanning over a decade. It was her appearance in an item song in Pushpa The Rise that made her a pan-India star. Incidentally, for her appearance in the song Oo Antava, Samantha earned Rs 5 crore.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu was born to Joseph and Ninette Prabhu in Chennai in 1987. In 2022, while speaking to students at a university, she recalled that her parents had no money for her higher education. “When I was studying, my parents told me to study hard and I would make it big. I studied hard. I completed 10th grade, 12th grade and college. But then when I wanted to study further, my parents couldn’t afford it. I had no dreams, no future, nothing,” she was quoted as saying.
She also revealed that she often didn’t even have money for food. “I ate only one meal a day for at least two months. I worked odd jobs. And here I am today,” she added.
In 2012, Samantha was ill for a long period, which forced her to give up two big projects. It was later revealed that it was an immunity disorder. The disease resurfaced in 2022 and Samantha revealed that it was myositis, for which she underwent extensive treatment. She said that while the disease is manageable, it can also be life-threatening in some cases.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu married actor Naga Chaitanya in 2017. Their marriage lasted less than four years. Samantha started using Chaitanya’s surname Akkineni in 2017, but sparked breakup rumours when she removed it from her social media accounts in July 2021. In October of the same year, the couple announced their separation and later divorce. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she later said, “When I hit rock bottom with a failed marriage and my health and my work were affected, it was like a triple whammy; boom, boom, boom. You know, people go down for far less than what I’ve had to endure over the last two years or so.”
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