Following the massive theatrical success of director BV Nandini Reddy’s family action-comedy Maa Inti Bangaaram, filmmaker Raj Nidimoru has shed light on his partnership with his lead star and wife, Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Having written the screenplay and co-produced the film, Raj revealed how Samantha is “a hungry and self-made actor.” Read on!
Raj Nidimoru on working with Samantha Ruth Prabhu
In an interaction with News18, Raj Nidimoru acknowledged that his wife and actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is always on the lookout to push the envelope, refusing to settle into a mould. While Maa Inti Bangaaram marks the duo’s third major creative outing following The Family Man Season 2 and Citadel: Honey Bunny, Raj confessed that he hasn’t seen her early works.
She’s a hungry and self-made actor. I haven’t seen her early works, but I know the adulation she got and the stardom she has enjoyed over many years,” Raj revealed.
According to the filmmaker, Samantha brings her work ethic into production, which changes the dynamic once the camera rolls. Apparently, his wife does enough mental homework, which she doesn’t talk about.
“She brings it forth in her first take itself. That’s why I usually use the first take of hers because there’s some kind of mental preparation to do something different,” shared the Farzi creator.
While Samantha is constantly on the lookout for great content to expand her filmography, Raj stated that they do discuss an actor’s timeline in the industry. “We’re sadly aware of the shelf-life for actors across industries. We discuss quite a few of these things. But we also realise that beyond a point, it’s the acting skills that keep an actor alive for longer,” he told the publication.
Hence, this awareness fuels Samatha to change, improve, and find new ways to act out the scenes. “Even on this set, when she did a take and wasn’t happy with it, we talked about it to see how else we could crack it,” he recalled, adding that there are very few actors like her who are exciting to watch in certain scenes.
“That’s something she’s honed herself, especially over the last couple of years. When we sit on the monitor, she used to look at herself and say, ‘I haven’t seen this come out before’,” he opined, adding that there’s barely any creative conflict: “We’re in great sync.”
