Samantha Ruth Prabhu was in a ‘never ending abyss' after her health, marital crisis: ‘Had the worst possible thoughts, nothing was working'
Samantha Ruth Prabhu went through a really difficult phase in her life after she announced her divorce with Naga Chaitanya in 2021, followed by her Myositis diagnosis in 2022. These incidents impacted her personal, as well as professional life, and in a recent interview, the actor shared that she had the 'worst possible thoughts' because she felt that she didn't have the courage to face what life was throwing at her.
In a recent conversation with Galatta Plus, she called this time a 'never ending abyss' that made her feel like she might never get back up. She said, 'I remember once I actually went to the point where I thought like, 'enough, I can't do this anymore'. I had the worst possible thoughts. I obviously didn't have the courage to go ahead and do it.'
Explaining her reasons to feel that way, Samantha said these thoughts came to her when she was going through her difficult phase. 'It was hard for a year. There was nothing that was working, there were no answers being given', she said and added, 'I obviously chickened out because you need to have lots of guts to act upon these thoughts. So I was like, 'I better find a way to build some kind of resilience and start thinking of other things I can do with my life'.' Samantha shared that this phase taught her a lesson and elaborated, 'Now when people say they are going through a hard time, I actually tell them to go through it. There is always a lesson to learn from it and light at the end of the tunnel. It is not my success that taught me a lesson, but my failures and hardships.'
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After going through such hardships, Samantha was seen in the song 'Oo Antava' in Pushpa. She then starred in Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal with Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara. However, her next three releases, Yashoda, Shaakuntalam, and Kushi, flopped.
Now after nearly two years, Samantha is all set to return with her debut production Subham. The horror comedy, directed by Praveen Kandregula, will mark her debut as a producer. She will be seen in a cameo role in the film.
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