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New Delhi:

Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who’re teaming up for his or her upcoming movie Kushi after a spot of 5 years since Mahanati, attended the musical live performance of the movie in Hyderabad final night time and set the stage on hearth with their magnificent performances. While on the live performance, Vijay Deverakonda had an unique chat with India Today the place he spoke at size about his co-star Samantha’s wrestle with Myositis and the way it prevented her from capturing for the movie. The actor additionally revealed that Samantha’s well being deteriorated to the extent that she stopped speaking and assembly the forged and crew of Kushi.

“In July, when I was promoting my other film, I got to know about Sam’s health. Initially, she didn’t talk about it. I told Sam that we are actors and that we are storytellers. I felt we did not have to talk about our struggles in the open. After a point, Samantha felt it was her responsibility to talk about her health. She stopped talking to us and she stopped seeing all of us. She was extremely unwell. She fought so many battles. At that point, she decided to share it with everyone, just to tell people that there’s hope,” the Liger actor mentioned.

Vijay Deverakonda additionally acknowledged that he desires Kushi to have a profitable run on the field workplace for Samantha and the exhausting work she put in whereas filming it regardless of struggling internally. He mentioned, “More than me, I want to see Samantha smile. She struggled a lot with the film. We started this film in April 2022 with a smile on our faces. We had completed 60 per cent. Only 30-35 per cent of shooting was pending. By July, Sam’s health condition deteriorated. She said that her health wasn’t good. Shiva and I were like “You look lovely. What drawback do you could have?” We took it lightly. Later, we understood her plight.”

“I know that she is not completely healthy today. She gets headaches and her eyes hurt when she faces the light. Yet, she shows up. She knows that all of you are here with your love. She dresses up, she smiles and she dances for you all. More than anyone, I want to see a big smile on her face on September 1. I feel it’s my responsibility,” Vijay added.

Coming again to the occasion final night time, the Kushi co-stars carried out to the movie’s title. Sharing the identical posts from their performances on their respective social media handles, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Vijay Deverakonda wrote, “Spreading love to you all from Sept 1st.” Pictures from final night time had been additionally curated by a number of fan pages devoted to each stars.

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For the unversed, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who’s presently on a break from work, broke the information to her followers after wrapping the shoot of Citadel India. Uploading a publish on Instagram, Samantha wrote, “A break doesn’t seem like a bad thing at all when you know what’s coming…”

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In October final 12 months, Samantha Ruth Prabhu up to date her followers about her well being situation through a transferring publish. Sharing a picture during which she is seen dubbing for her movie whereas an IV bag is linked to her hand, the actress confessed that it has not all the time been a straightforward journey. In her detailed notice from 2022, Samantha mentioned: “Your response to the Yashodha trailer was overwhelming. It is this love and connection that I share with all of you, that gives me the strength to deal with the seemingly unending challenges that life throws at me. A few months back I was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition called Myositis. I was hoping to share this after it had gone into remission. But it is taking a little longer than I hoped. I am slowly realising that we don’t always need to put up a strong front. Accepting this vulnerability is something that I am still struggling with. The doctors are confident that I will make a complete recovery very soon. I have had good days and bad days…physically and emotionally. And even when it feels like I can’t handle one more day of this, somehow that moment passes. I guess it can only mean that I am one more day closer to recovery. I love you…THIS TOO SHALL PASS.”

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Kushi is slated to hit the theatres on September 1 and it’ll launch in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.