Today, on the screen, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu can kick and punch, throw bullets and stop a bomb, all because she fought and won against an invisible but deeply felt opponent – the demons in her head.
“I’m actually now able to make rational, realistic, and intelligent decisions without all the demons in my head playing games,” the actor said while charting his career, which began with his beloved debut in 2010 and is now on its way out. worldwide with the Russo Brothers-backed Prime Video series Citadel: Honey Bunny.
In the show, Samantha plays an agent on a dangerous, undercover mission. Her partner in crime is actor Varun Dhawan, who plays her character’s husband. In Citadel, he reunites with The Family Man director Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, who had portrayed him as the main antagonist.
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These are strong parts for Samantha, her work in Telugu and Tamil rarely gave her such a tough task to perform. “I didn’t even know I wanted to be an actor, I always wanted to study. So, just to find my place in this big world, it took me a few years to deal with all the uncertainty and questions, ‘Am I good enough?’” he said.
The question of taking the role supported by the writer did not come to him until a few years ago because until then, he was just trying to emphasize his position.
Over the past few years, Samantha’s rise has been meteoric. Before the second season of The Family Man was praised, there was the Chartbuster song Oo Antava from Allu Arjun’s Telugu blockbuster Pushpa, with which he danced across language barriers and became an overnight sensation. Hindi projects are naturally followed, incl appearing on Karan Johar’s chat show Koffee With Karan. Meanwhile, the actress kept her cool amid scrutiny following her divorce from actor Naga Chaitanya and she was diagnosed with myositis, an autoimmune disease. The less consistent focus on his work, he said, is a recent gift.
“It takes time. The last few years of my career have been the calmest. I’m jealous of actors who are very focused and don’t really know what they want at the beginning of their performances,” she said.
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With a role as fraught as Citadel, Samantha said it’s “empowering” to be part of a powerful show that puts women at the center of the storytelling and doesn’t reduce them to damsels in distress, with men doing their best. heavy lifting. “I feel responsible now at this stage of my career for the roles I choose. I want them to represent women in society. Usually the actors are not representing women. Today’s women have changed the previous ideas and in a way, we are still in the past. Recently there has been a shift in representation and the fact that the Citadel universe has a strong female cast is a welcome change. “
His co-star in the show, Dhawan, has fought his own battles to ride the Citadel. Before the pandemic, the actor had a series of flops at the office that had taken his place. He needed an action project, but as close friend and producer Aditya Chopra put it mildly, it was risky to invest so much money for an action film starring Varun Dhawan. But Citadel came knocking. “When this came up, I asked Raj and DK, and Amazon, what’s the budget? Because my knowledge comes from Aditya Chopra about how much one needs to make something look good in action. I thank them for giving us this platform because that is necessary for the game to look big and the characters are larger than life,” said Dhawan.
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Filmmakers Raj and DK directed the Indian leg of the globetrotting spy series, the American version of which was hosted by actress Priyanka Chopraplaying the spy Nadia. The director of the group said that many things they have ridden because they know that everything is in safe hands because of Varun and Samantha.
“We could have given this show a modern setting, but we thought, what if we get away from technology? A lot of movies use high-tech stuff, so we thought we shouldn’t have holograms, gadgets or crazy communication devices that connect you with anyone around the world. We took all that out and thought they should use their guns, fists and pager. So, we kept it raw, realistic and got the best actors in the games,” said Raj.
The first season of Citadel starred Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden. In Citadel: Honey Bunny, the series follows Dhawan and Prabhu, who play Chopra’s parents. The Citadel: Honey Bunny premieres on November 7.