Samantha Ruth Prabhu looks for authenticity in her roles in films: ‘Staying away from flower-pot roles’

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu feels that she has a responsibility as an actress and admits that she tries to choose characters that “properly represent women in society”. This is why she is avoiding “flower-pot roles”. Read alsoSamantha Ruth Prabhu Interview: ‘My relationship with my father was particularly difficult’

Samantha takes responsibility

During a session at Business Today’s Most Powerful Women in Business 2024 event in Mumbai on Friday, Samantha talked about her responsibility as an actor.

“I think people are looking for authenticity, and they need to see that and any brand I associate myself with has to reflect who I really am… When I talk about authenticity. When I do it, it needs to translate into everything I do. I feel very responsible while choosing roles and I feel it is important to have proper representation of women in society today. Often, there is a misrepresentation of women in films, as most of the women’s roles in these films are defined by the male actor or male protagonist, and not by what is actually a woman’s journey and her strengths and weaknesses. She is defined mostly by her relationships, not her experiences. I have made a conscious decision to choose roles that represent women, as well as the brands I represent,” she said.

Explaining her views, Samantha said, “Citadel has helped me punch and kill in equal measure, save the day as much as the heroes have, and been given exactly the same opportunity in the action genre, which rarely happens. We are looking forward and that is important. Having said that, the number of roles I have been offered and the number of projects I am doing has come a long way, just because of this conscious decision to stay away from flower-pot roles. Reason.”

on the work front

Samantha was most recently seen in Citadel: Honey Bunny, which expands the story of Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra’s 2023 show Citadel, and Matilda De Angelis’s 2024 show Citadel: Diana. The series follows Varun Dhawan and Samantha’s spy characters, Bunny and Honey, as they move forward in their personal lives while facing the challenges of being spies. Directed by Raj and DK, the series has been released on Prime Video and also stars KK Menon, Sikandar Kher and Saqib Saleem.