Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian film actress and model who appears in
Telugu and
Tamil films. Born to Malayali and Telugu parents, Samantha was brought up in
Tamil Nadu and pursued a career in modeling during her late teens. Despite signing up to
Ravi Varman's
Moscowin Kavery in 2007, her first release happened to be the critically acclaimed 2010
Telugu romance film,
Ye Maaya Chesave, directed by
Gautham Menon.
[edit] Early life and family
Born on April 28, 1987 to a
Malayali mother and a
Telugu father, Samantha was brought up in
Chennai,
Tamil Nadu as the youngest child of the family to Prabhu and Ninette and two elder brothers Jonathan and David, whilst becoming fluent in the
Tamil language.
[1] She was brought up speaking Tamil and English at home.
[2][3] As part of her education, Samantha completed her schooling from Holy Angels Anglo-India High School, T. Nagar. She also has a degree in
commerce at
Stella Maris College, Chennai.
[2]
[edit] Career
Despite signing up for three Tamil films in quick succession, Samantha's first release was
Indira Productions'
Gautham Menon directed romance film,
Ye Maaya Chesave. The film, a simultaneous remake of the
Tamil film
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, created much anticipation prior to release, primarily due to the first-time-collaboration between Menon and composer
A. R. Rahman.
[4] The actress was signed up for the project in mid August 2009 and completed schedules across India and the United States for the film which released in February 2010.
[5] The film portrays Samantha as the lead character of
Jessie, which was also the working title of the film; a
Malayali Christian girl living in
Hyderabad, whom the male protagonist, played by
Naga Chaitanya falls in love with. Upon release, Samantha received very positive reviews for her portrayal, with the film also garnering much critical acclaim.
[6] Critics at
Sify claimed that Samantha was the "scene-stealer" and her beauty "is alluring" adding that "she was the girl to watch out for".
[6] Jeevi, from the Idlebrain reviews site, cited that "Samantha’s debut is one of the best heroine debuts in Telugu cinema" and that her "minute expressions she gave spoke volumes about her", whilst labelling the film as a "classic". Samantha, alongside her co-star, Naga Chaitanya, also appeared in a guest appearance in the Tamil version of the film.
[7] Both films emerged as grand successes in Tamil and Telugu respectively, propelling Samantha to sign bigger projects.
[8] She followed up her collaborations with Gautham Menon and A. R. Rahman by appearing in the music video for the
World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 promotional song,
Semmozhiyaana Tamizh Mozhiyaam, which Menon directed and Rahman composed.
Samantha's next release was the Sathya Jyothi-produced romantic drama,
Baana Kaathadi, opposite
Adharvaa, which was actually the third Tamil film signed by her, but released first due to the delay of the other two projects.
[9][10] Following agreeing terms in early 2009, the film continued shoot for a year and after several postponements finally released in August 2010 to positive responses.
[10][11] In the film, Samantha plays a student of the
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), the first such role in
Tamil cinema.
[12] Her next release, was
Ravi Varman's
Moscowin Kavery, initially her very first acting assignment, which began in August 2007, with Samantha, then briefly known as Yasodha, joining the team later in the year.
[13] The film introduced a host of new actors, with music carried out by
Thaman, then making his debut in music composing. In an interview, much prior to release in 2008, Ravi Varman mentioned that he had decided that Samantha would be the lead actress for his film within three minutes after viewing one of her commercial assignments.
[14] In the interview, he went on to describe her as an actress with "intelligence" and "potential", whilst drawing comparisons with noted actress,
Revathi.
[14] However, due to Ravi Varman's date conflicts with his projects as a cinematographer, the film languished in
development hell, eventually releasing in August 2010.
[15] The film gained unanimously poor reviews from critics,
[16] however Samantha's performance was labelled as one of the sole highlights that the film offered.
[17] Samantha, during the making of the last three releases, had also signed up for the
Narain starrer,
Pookada Ravi in August 2008 to play the lead role of a modern girl.
[18] Despite the film continuing schedules at regular intervals, the film was stalled throughout 2009 and is unlikely to be released.
[19] Samantha went onto feature in
Vamsi Paidipally's
Brindaavanam in which she had a supporting role alongside
NTR Jr and
Kajal Aggarwal.
[20] Her role of Indu was well received despite being shorter in screen time than her previous roles and the film became her second successful Telugu film.
[21]. Her recent release
Dookudu is declared a blockbuster.
She is currently filming for
S. S. Rajamouli's live action project
Eega.
[22] She has also signed for a new film to be directed by
V. V. Vinayak, co-starring
Ram Charan Tej as well as for
Gautham Menon's trilingual project,
[23] playing the female lead in all three languages and shooting all scenes thrice with different co-actors.
[24]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Awards
[edit] References
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