Right on this day, 26 February, ten years ago in 2010, the talented and beautiful Samantha made her stunning debut with Ye Maaya Chesaave, which has, in turn, launched her to stardom. The role of Jessie has become one of the iconic and memorable characters in Telugu cinemas. Samantha figuratively bought the character into life and her charm has been fairly impressive. With her debut film itself, Samantha went on to bag 58th Filmfare and Nandi awards for best debut actress and ever since then, there is no turning back for her in terms of awards, fame and name.
Her career has started smoothly with a lot of craze for her as big directors like Vamsi Paidipally and Srinu Vaitla roped her into blockbusters – Brindavanam and Dookudu respectively. Samantha was brought close to Telugu people a bit more with SS Rajamouli’s Eega and her presence was indeed remarkable. She started being labelled as a powerful asset in movies with filmmakers having massive hopes on her. Though Samantha made a couple of disastrous movies, it hardly affected her career. She came back with a bang with Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu by Srikanth Addala. Her ‘Bunga moothi’ dialogue is still famous and no one does Bunga moothi like Sam.
Journey through the years and Sam has only been building her own empire with superhit films like Attarintiki Daaredi, Manam and A.. Aa. Each of her films has a memorable dialogue that lingers for long like ‘Swami Nadiki Poleda’ from Attarintiki Daaredi. In fact, popular apps like Dubsmash and Tiktok have girls impersonating and dubbing her dialogues, showcasing their love to the actress. Talking about her recent films such as Rangasthalam, Mahanati, Super Deluxe, Uturn, Oh Baby, Majili and Jaanu, Samantha has passionately and exceptionally delivered classic portrayals in ease. Rama Lakshmi from Ragasthalam is an epitome of a beautiful village lass and Sam has beautifully inherited the slang and body language to perfection.
Working with directors like Sukumar, Atlee, Trivikram Srinivas, Rajamouli, Gautham Menon, Srikanth Addala and Vamsi Paidipally, Samantha proved her effortless ability to immerse and connect with the audience at the same time through full spectrum of characters. Now, with a decade long career, the actress marked a special place in viewers’ hearts. Moreover, her philanthropy works, charitable trust, donations and being Brand Ambassador of Telangana Handlooms, Samantha determine what beauty with brains actually is.
Her acting skills, success, personality, and overall impact on the film industry is huge! She is one of the few actresses who don’t rely on looks alone and she literally absorbed her given characters so far. Wishing Good Luck to Samantha, we are looking forward to seeing her rock more surreal roles on the big screen.
