No film background, Samantha shines like a star

She is always in the limelight because of her personal and professional life. Fans are always keeping track of her daily updates and paparazzi have always targeted her for some scoops and gossips.

 

Samantha is known for her golden heart; she has started an NGO called 'Pratyusha'. The organisation provides healthcare for children and women, who are underprivileged. Besides that, she is also very popular on social media, as Samantha frequently shares her pictures and videos on Instagram with quirky captions. 

 

Recently Samantha got engaged to Telugu actor Naga Chaitanya (Son of superstar Nagarjuna) after seeing each other for eight long years. 

 

 

Samantha is also one of the highest-earning actresses in South film industry; she has done many films with top actors like Vijay, Suriya, Dhanush, Sudeep,  Naga Chaitanya, Jr NTR, Mahesh Babu, etc. and has often been cast opposite the same actors more than once. 

 

Her popularity has led to the actress endorsing several big brands on a pan-Indian scale. With two Filmfare awards, she got into the same league of veteran actress Revathy. Not to forget, Sam stood on her own in showbiz without any filmy background.

 

 

She has also regularly appreciated work by her counterparts and has in particular praised performances by Telugu actress Anushka Shetty and Malayalam actress Nithya Menen.

 

The actress has featured in many big-budget, hero-orientated movies like Janatha Garage, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Attarintiki Daredi, Jabardasth, etc which have comparatively smaller scope for actresses but she showed her glamorous side. She was also seen in some performance-oriented roles like Eega, Neethaane En Ponvasantham, Manam, etc. which she only handles with deftness and ease. 

 

In S. S. Rajamouli's film Eega a bilingual project, she portrayed a role of a micro artist who runs an NGO and takes revenge for the murder of her lover Nani. The film featured a CGI-created housefly as the main character; Sam had to use her imagination and act accordingly. 

 

In an interview she revealed that lots of heavy lighting was used for the shoot of the film that causes her subsequently suffered skin burns, calling the process very stressful but satisfying because the movie was a blockbuster and was also dubbed in Hindi Makkhi. 

 

 

The movie won two National Film Awards (Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Special Effects), five Filmfare Awards, and three South Indian International Movie Awards. 

 

Last year, she did six movies in which three movies Theri, Janatha Garage and 24 got commercial success at the box-office. 

 

The actress has no plans to quit the film industry as she has already signed films and would continue to work even after marriage.