Samantha Ruth Prabhu seems to have felt burden of being “Akkineni” and dropping the surname, divorce seems to have liberated her from this decree to some degree. We cannot discount the heart break she might have felt having to let go of the dream and her husband, family.
But she is recovering fast showing how strong she can be and she did Oo Antava Ooo Antava, item song in Pushpa The Rise, on Sukumar’s insistence.
Sukumar said in his Pushpa interviews that he had plans to shoot an item number for long and wanted Samantha to do it. He said that he had to convince her after having many discussions.
Well, Samantha song added to buzz prior release but not post release. Jigelu Rani became a huge hit post release and added few more repeat viewers in B and C centres for sure, in Rangasthalam.
But Pushpa song seemed to be speed breaker and Samantha body shape did get attention, but her appearance did not add mileage to the situation or song.
Looking at the reception, Samantha might not be interested further in doing such special numbers. Pooja Hegde, Tamanna and Kajal revived their careers after flops with special songs but that doesn’t seem to be case with Samantha.
