Samantha Ruth Prabhu did The Family Man 2 to break her bubbly and cute typecasting in south films: 'I was feeling stifled'

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is one of India's biggest actresses today who has captured the audience with her charm, uniqueness and talent. Two of her recent performances, the antagonist Raji in The Family Man 2 and the sensuous number from Pushpa, Oo Antava have been the talk of the town. She recently appeared on Karan Johar's chat show Koffee With Karan 7 along with Akshay Kumar where she revealed the reason why she forayed into the OTT space with The Family Man 2.

When Karan asked her if there was an existing camaraderie with Raj & Dk before signing the web series, Samantha told him, "No, I didn't know, Raj & DK at all and even Family Man season 1 hadn't released when I started shooting for the season 2."

She further added, "So it was just this cry for a challenge because you know you get typecast with the roles that you are offered in the south, not because of any fault of theirs but directors saw me a certain way the bubbly cute, love interest and I was feeling stifled and I really wanted to breakthrough and here there was an opportunity to look at myself through another lens and I grabbed it... It was divine intervention."

Earlier, Samantha had said that her character Raji in the web series The Family Man 2 was the most vulnerable and a challenging role for her, adding that she sought a lot of handholding and training to play the role. She had said that OTT was a platform which demanded strong story and empathy of character.

In February, Samantha completed 12 years in the movie industry. In a heartfelt note, the Shakuntalam actress thanked her fans by calling them 'the most loyal fans in the world'. She made her acting debut in 2010 with Gautham Vasudev Menon's Telugu film Ye Maaya Chesave, in which she starred opposite Naga Chaitanya Akkineni.