Samantha Ruth Prabhu says family asked her not to do ‘Oo Antava’ after announcing separation

Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu won millions of hearts with her performance on ‘Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava’ from Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna’s blockbuster ‘Pushpa The Rise’. However, the actor has shared that her family and friends asked her not to do the dance number as it was offered to her just after she announced her separation from former husband, Naga Chaitanya.

Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu announced that they are parting ways as husband and wife on social media in October 2021.
During the promotion of her upcoming film ‘Shaakuntalam’, she spoke to Miss Malini and shared she was in no mood to sit at home after her separation as she didn’t do anything wrong.

She said, ‘When I was offered ‘O Antava’, it was in the middle of the separation (from Naga). After the announcement came, every well-wisher and every family member was like ‘You will sit at home, you will not do an item song just when you have announced the separation’. Even my friends, who always encouraged me to challenge myself, told me, ‘Do not do an item song’. But I was like, ‘Ok, I am doing it.'’

She added, ‘I just thought, ‘why should I hide?’ I did not do anything wrong. I was not going to wait for all of the trolling, abuse and hate to go away and slowly creep back in like someone who committed a crime. I was not going to do 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 I didn’t do.’

She also spoke about what convinced her to do the song. Samantha said, ‘I loved the lyrics of the song and I loved how it was positioned. I had not done an item song, and I love exploring different characters. I looked at the song just as another character and not as an item number. It just came from a place of me doing something new and nothing else.’

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