Samantha Ruth Prabhu is waiting for the release of her upcoming movie Shaakuntalam. She is giving back to back interviews. In a recent interview, she opened up on how she tried to keep up her marriage. She said that “I gave my marriage 100 it did not work out but I was not going to beat myself up and feel guilty for something that I didn’t do.”
She also spoke about how she suffered from Myositis as well. She said, “I’ve been through a lot of struggle but this was the final breaking of shackles because as an actor you are always expected to display perfection in your Instagram, perfection in your interviews, in your films and I could never get over like just letting go and accepting myself for who I am.”
She further stated, “I’ve wanted to be better and better and better and look better and finally I am at a place where I have no control over this condition, the medication that I have to take, the side effects of all of the medication.”
Shaakuntalam, is a historical drama film written and directed by Gunasekhar. It is produced by Neelima Guna under Gunaa Teamworks and distributed by Sri Venkateswara Creations. Based on a popular play Abhignyana Shakuntalam by Kalidasa, the film features Samantha in the titular role of Shakuntala and Dev Mohan as Dushyanta, the king of the Puru dynasty along with Mohan Babu, Jisshu Sengupta, Madhoo, Gautami, Aditi Balan and Ananya Nagalla in supporting roles.