It’s hard to imagine but Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s biggest dream at one point in her life was to own a house. As the actor gets ready to make her international debut with Raj and DK’s Citadel and enjoys a dedicated fanbase among Tamil, Telugu and Hindi-speaking people, she advocates dreaming big, giving the example of her own life.
Samantha has returned to acting after a year-long break to recuperate from auto-immune disease myositis and having braved both physical and mental struggles. Calling the decision to take the break her ‘best and hardest’ decision, she says she would not have been able to recover without it.
She told Femina in an interview, “It was the best decision because there’s no way I would have been able to continue working. The stress of work, coupled with the condition, is not the easiest thing to handle. I’m really glad that I gave myself time to recover; I had been working for 13 years straight.”
Samantha said the break didn’t just help her to heal physically, it also helped her cope self-loathing and low confidence. “I’ve had my fair share of self-loathing and really low confidence, but I’ve always strived to grow as a person. With that growth came a deeper understanding of my insecurities and self-loathing. I was able to heal by addressing them – not by trying to fix them from the outside, but by fixing the inner trauma that needed more healing than any external quick fix.”
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The break seems to have also made Samantha wary of slanderous criticism and overwhelming praise. She claimed that she is a big girl who can spot both. “Sometimes, being an actor makes your world very small and closed; there tends to be a group of ‘yes’ people around you who don’t usually tell you what is on their mind,” she said. She says now she can differentiate between trolling and constructive criticism. “I keep my eyes and ears open for constructive criticism, which I think is important for me as an actor and as a human being,” she sayd.
Samantha will next be seen in Citadel India, the spin-off of Priyanka Chopra’s hit series of the same name. Directed by Raj and DK, the upcoming Amazon Prime Original has Samantha playing the role of Honey Gambhir. The series involves many action sequences, and Samantha claimed it could be her best work yet. “Honey has been the most fulfilling role of my life. I’m proud of what I was able to do with that role, given the circumstances. I think that it could be my best work yet,” she told the magazine. Though she hasn’t announced any new projects yet, the break hasn’t hurt her status in the industry or among her fans, who have made her recent pictures viral on social media.
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