Samantha with Raj and DK. (courtesy: rajanddk)

New Delhi:

Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s movieShaakuntalam, which opened in theatres on Friday, obtained huge love from her mates and followers. Director duo Raj and DK, who labored with the actress within the hit sequence Family Man 2 and are additionally collaborating along with her for the Indian model of Russo Brothers’ Citadel, gave her the largest shout out. They wrote in a tweet, “Magical visuals, authentic storytelling… This beautiful film is a Samantha show all the way! There could be no better ode to Kalidasa’s masterpiece. Samantha, only you could have carried this huge epic on those slender shoulders! Kudos to the entire team! Must watch.” Reacting to the tweet, Samantha wrote, “Thankyou so much… forever the best.”

In a separate tweet, the director duo wrote: “Sam, the world knows that the last few months haven’t been easy for you, yet you powered through with willpower, determination and grit. You’re a total trooper… time and again you’ve overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. God bless, stay strong and keep the fight on.” Samantha replied to the tweet with these phrases: “And even when I fall.. you have always picked me up. Thank you.”

Read Samantha’s replies right here:

And even once I fall.. you have got all the time picked me up Thank you @rajndkhttps://t.co/lZJwr5eQZk

— Samantha (@Samanthaprabhu2) April 13, 2023

Thankyou a lot.. perpetually one of the best @rajndk#Shaakuntalamhttps://t.co/RAqBtqdpbD

— Samantha (@Samanthaprabhu2) April 13, 2023

Samantha Ruth Prabhu featured within the second installment of Raj and DK’s hit sequence Family Man, starring Manoj Bajpayee within the titular function. In the sequence, Samantha made headlines for her function as Raji, an unwavering Sri Lankan Tamil liberation fighter on a suicide mission.

On Karan Johar’s chat present Koffee With Karan 7 final 12 months, Samantha described the present as “divine intervention.” She instructed the present’s host, “It was just this cry for a challenge because you know you get typecast with the roles that you are offered in the south, not because of any fault of theirs but directors saw me a certain way, as the bubbly, cute love interest. I was feeling stifled and I really wanted to breakthrough and here there was an opportunity to look at myself through another lens and I grabbed it. It was divine intervention.”