South actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu celebrates her 37th birthday today. Samantha’s personal and professional life has also been full of ups and downs. Samantha had no connection with films, but the poor financial condition of the household attracted her to modelling. This opened the way for Samantha to enter the world of films and she has not looked back since. He got recognition in the Hindi belt with the web series ‘The Family Man 2’. After this, he gained a lot of popularity with the song ‘O Antwa’ from ‘Pushpa’. One of the highest paid actresses of South, Samantha owns an estimated net worth of Rs 100 crores. Currently, he has big projects like the web series ‘The Citadel Honey Bunny’ produced by Karan Johar. On her birthday Samantha who made her mark in the glamor industry on her own know interesting facts about her life… Family members had no money for tuition Samantha real name was Yashoda, she was born on April 28, 1987 in Alappuzha, Kerala. His father Joseph Prabhu is Telugu and mother Ninet Prabhu is Malayali. Samantha was brought up in Chennai. Samantha is the youngest in the family. He has two elder brothers named Jonathan and David. Samantha’s early education was from Holy Angels Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School. After this he graduated in Commerce from Stella Maris College, Chennai. Samantha was from a middle class family. The family had no money to educate him after 12th. In such a situation Samantha started modeling to meet her expenses. There was a time when she didn’t even have money for food, then one day while modeling she caught the eye of filmmaker Ravi Varman. Ravi Varman, who came to films through modeling, gave Samantha the opportunity to debut in the Telugu film ‘Yeh Maya Chesave’. The director of this film was Gautham Vasudev Menon. Samantha auditioned for the film and was signed for the film in August 2009. The film was shot in India and America and released on 26 February 2010. The film was a hit. In which Samantha was cast opposite actor Naga Chaitanya with whom viewers loved her chemistry. Samantha received a nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Telugu for her very first film. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut in South. Samantha started her career in films after ‘Yeh Maya Chesave’. He got many film offers. In an interview, Ravi Varman said about casting Samantha in the film that he knew Samantha would be the actress for his next film when he first saw Samantha in a three-minute commercial. Not only that, Ravi compared Samantha with South’s famous actress Revathi. Illness forced her to quit two big films After 2010, Samantha appeared in many films, but there came a time in 2012 when the actress had to withdraw from two big films. These films were Mani Ratnam’s film ‘Cuddle’ and Shankar’s film ‘I’. In fact, Samantha had an immunity disorder in the year 2012, due to which she rejected many big films. Samantha took a break from films when her health did not improve. After this she was seen in SS Rajamouli’s Telugu-Tamil film ‘Eega’. Samantha’s work in this film was also much appreciated. Even after this, Samantha worked in many hit films and she was included in the list of the most hit actresses of South. Trained for ‘The Family Man 2’ 2021 turned out to be great for Samantha. In the web series ‘The Family Man 2’, he was very popular in the role of a terrorist named Raji. The director of the series Suprana S Verma said in an interview, ‘Samantha Akkineni worked hard in the role of Tamil rebel ‘Raazi’. Character sketches were sent to him earlier. It features a Tamil rebel holding a knife. As soon as Samantha saw and read it all, Samantha said yes. Samantha herself shot this scene, she did not use a body double. For him, he took combat training for one and a half months. It was then that his action was seen sharp on the screen. Samantha rejected Srivalli’s role in ‘Pushpa’ and gained a lot of popularity with the item song ‘O Antwa’ from the film ‘Pushpa: The Rise’. Samantha was paid a fee of Rs 1.5 crore for this one song. Srivalli was earlier offered the lead role in the film, but rejected the role and agreed to shoot only one song. Samantha didn’t want to dance to a glamorous song like ‘O Antwa’, but after a lot of persuasion from Allu Arjun, she agreed. Marriage with Naga Chaitanya lasted for four years Samantha and Naga Chaitanya fell in love on the sets of the 2010 film ‘Yeh Maya Chesave’. The couple dated each other for about seven years before getting married. Then on 6 October 2017, both of them got married. They were married according to both Hindu and Christian customs. In 2021, after 4 years of marriage, the duo announced their separation through a post on social media. Divorce announcement on social media Samantha and Naga Chaitanya announced their divorce through social media on 2 October 2021. Reaction given to Rs 200 crore maintenance According to media reports, after the divorce, Naga Chaitanya offered Samantha a maintenance of Rs 200 crore, but the actress rejected it. However, Samantha called the Rs 200 crore alimony wrong. In 2022, when Samantha appeared on the chat show ‘Koffee with Karan’, Karan Johar asked her what was the most ridiculous news she had read about herself, to which Samantha said, ‘I have taken Rs 200 crore as alimony. I wake up every morning and think that the income tax officer will come and see that I have nothing. Samantha also spoke about nepotism. Karan Johar asked her that if someone has a brother, father or uncle or maternal uncle in the South industry, does it not cause any problem for the actress? Samantha said that actresses face problems because of this, but some things are in the hands of the audience that no relative can do anything about. Samantha owns 100 crores Apart from films, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is also known for her luxurious life. Last year she was in the limelight because of her new home. There were reports that Samantha has bought her new house in Hyderabad, which is worth crores. According to Economic Times reports, Samantha bought a plush 3 BHK flat in Hyderabad. It is situated in ‘Jayabheri Orange County’. According to reports, the actress has bought this flat for Rs 7.8 crore. According to real estate debt analytics firm CRE Matrix, this luxurious flat has 6 parking slots. Also this flat is right in front of the sea. Talking about films, Samantha charges Rs 3 to 5 crores for a film. His total wealth is around 100 crore rupees. Samantha bought an apartment in Mumbai worth Rs 15 crore Samantha also bought an apartment in Mumbai, which cost Rs 15 crore. Apart from this, the actress also owns a luxurious Rs 100 crore house in Jubilee Hills, where Samantha used to live with her ex-husband Naga Chaitanya. Chaitanya gave this house to Samantha after the divorce. Fell ill in 2022 and took a break from acting Samantha was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease called myositis in 2022. Due to which the muscles of the whole body are swollen. After this, after completing the Indian version of the web series ‘Citadel’ and the Telugu film ‘Kushi’, Samantha took a break from acting and went to America for treatment. During this time, news spread that Samantha did not have money for the treatment and took help of 25 crore rupees from the South superstar. Samantha took to social media to call the news false and said, ‘She has worked in films for a long time and now she does not need to take financial help from anyone.’