Samantha
After four consecutive hitsin Tollywood, actress Samantha, who is back
in business after a long hiatus, is still in huge demand. Despite the
actress losing a few projects due to prolonged illness, her kitty
boasts of a slew of big ticket projects. She is paired opposite Mahesh
Babu in Seethamma Vakitlo SirimalleChettu, stars with Siddharth in
Nandini Reddy's next, will be seen romancing Naga Chaitanya in
Autonagar Surya and also stars in a bi-lingual opposite Nani titled
Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu.
Apart from these projects, the actress has signed a few more big
films. She is all set to play leading lady opposite NTR Jr in his
forthcoming film directed byHarish Shankar of Gabbar Singh fame.
Confirming the news, the director told us,"Yes, we zeroed in on
Samantha for the main lead." Harish reveals that the shooting of the
film will start from the second week of December.
The other two big projectswhich will start soon are one opposite Pawan
Kalyan, directed by Trivikram Srinivas and another one is in Tamil
opposite Surya directed byLinguswamy. Apart from these, the actresses
has already signed a film that stars three generations ofthe Akkineni
family — NagaChaitanya, Nagarjuna and Nageswara Rao. "She will play
the lead opposite Naga Chaitanya," said Nagarjuna about the film.
Samantha will also star in the debut of producer Bellamkonda Suresh's
son,to be directed by VV Vinayak.
When contacted, the elusive Samantha told us,"I don't want to talk
about my new projects until the first day of shoot starts, but I can
say that I have some exciting projects lined up in the coming months
and I'm thrilled!"