Samantha Ruth Prabhu started out with Telugu and Tamil films more than a decade ago. Now, a survey says she's India's most popular female star.
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00:00I took 250 crores in alimony.
00:03Oh, that you took 250 crores in alimony?
00:05Yeah, every morning I woke up like waiting for like income tax officials.
00:09I love the tune, I love the song, I love that it was a satire on the male gaze.
00:14I should be honest, I'm paying someone at Allmax.
00:32You are paying, you finally are.
00:33Yes, I have to accept.
00:45Was it a brave decision? You said it was brave to me.
00:48That's why I'm saying I think it's kind of sexy and cool and hot.
00:51That you go and do a song like Uh Antawawa, literally two weeks before Pushpa saw a theatrical release.
00:56And everyone who went up and said, oh my f***ing lord, is like, she's hot.
01:01Like you just nailed it, you killed it, you owned it.
01:04Was that a rebellious move? Was that a strategic move?
01:08Or was that something you just did because you felt like, f*** it, I'll do it.
01:12The third, f*** it, I'll do it.
01:14I mean, why not? Why not? I love the tune, I love the song, I love that it was a satire on the male gaze.
01:21I know I got a lot of criticism about…
01:23Who has criticized you? You were amazing.
01:26About pandering to the male gaze while making a satire on the male gaze.
01:30But my logic was, who else can satire the male gaze except a notch girl that I was playing in the song
01:38or an actor who has such a wide experience of, a wide range of the male gaze.
01:44I mean, only someone like a notch girl or me can satire the male gaze.
01:48So I found that, you know, as an actor you use your body to display a wide range of emotions.
01:55Whether in Raji it was physical combat and it was for a cause, this one was to make a statement.
02:01So I don't think the problem was really me getting into character, it was just the way that people…
02:05Perceived it.
02:06Perceived it.
02:07Yeah, well you were hot.
02:08Whether you were making a statement, whether you were showing the world the middle finger, it doesn't matter.
02:13You looked hot in that state.
02:15That has been archived for posterity and for always.
02:18What is the worst thing you've read about yourself?
02:20Should I start alphabetically?
02:23No, your favorite piece of troll.
02:25I took 250 crores in alimony.
02:28Oh, that you took 250 crores in alimony.
02:31Yeah, every morning I woke up waiting for income tax officials to come to show them.
02:36Ta-da, there's nothing.
02:37You mean they had made up their stories about the alimony?
02:40Absolutely.
02:41So first then they made up the story about the alimony, 250 crores.
02:44Then they realized, okay, doesn't seem like a believable story.
02:48Then they said, no, there's a prenup and so she can't ask for alimony.
02:52So there was like…
02:53Everybody was making their own stories.
02:55It was beautiful.
02:56Every interview I was asked, so how was it working with Nayantara?
02:58Like was there any friction?
03:00But it was amazing.
03:02Like I think on the last day of shoot we hugged each other and cried.
03:05You had such a good time.
03:06Yeah, we had a great time.
03:07Well, more power to you.
03:08So it was fantastic working with her.
03:11You would think that women would have this problem, but the women are all working together.
03:15It's like the men seem to have more of the issues than the women.