Naga Chaitanya's step mother Amala Akkineni claps as Samantha Ruth Prabhu delivers emotional speech at awards gala. Watch
Nearly four years after her divorce from Naga Chaitanya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and his stepmother, Amala Akkineni, came together under one roof for the first time. The two attended the Zee Telugu Awards ceremony.
The organisers celebrated Samantha's 15-year journey in the industry with a special audio-visual presentation highlighting her career. In a promo shared online, the actress was invited on stage to loud cheers from the audience. Dressed in a beautiful yellow saree, she appeared visibly emotional as she delivered her speech.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu thanked the Telugu audience for their love and support for fifteen long years. She said, 'I promise to always put the Telugu audience first.' The video also showed Amala Akkineni sitting in the audience with a huge smile and cheering for Samantha.
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Amala's reaction to Samantha's speech surprised internet users, who flooded the video's comment section with responses. A user wrote, 'Nagarjuna's wife claps.' Another user wrote, 'How Amala appreciates.' Another comment read, 'Amala was also at the event?'
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu had a painful separation from Naga Chaitanya back in 2021 after four years of marriage. Post this, Samantha had quiet a difficult phase with the diagnosis of myositis taking a toll on her personal and professional life. The actress recently lost her father as well.
In her podcast last year, the actress had revealed, 'I remember specifically the year before I had this problem, it was an extremely difficult year for me. I specifically remember the day that I think my friend/partner/manager Himank, and I were traveling back from Mumbai. And this was in June of the year before last, and I remember telling him that finally I feel calm. I haven't felt a little relaxed and a little calm in a very, very long time. And I finally feel like I can breathe and I can go to sleep, and I can now wake up and focus on my work and be the best that I can be at work. And I woke up with this condition.'
Naga Chaitanya is now married to Sobhita Dhulipala. Meanwhile, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is rumoured to be dating her The Family Man director Raj Nidimoru.
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