Tollywood Director/Producer Chitti Babu slammed Samantha Ruth Prabhu for promoting her films using cheap shenanigans. He even claimed that the south diva’s golden days as the ‘star actress’ has come to an end with her recent box office failure Shaakuntalam.
Digging deep into the story, in a recent media interaction, the producer was asked whether he watched Samantha’s recent mythological release Shaakuntalam. To this, Chitti Babu stated that he is not interested in the film and further slammed the actress for promoting her films with cheap tactics.
According to News18, speaking about Samantha’s chartbuster ‘Oo Antava’ from Allu Arjun’s Pushpa, Chitti Babu said- ‘Samantha did Oo Antava item song in Pushpa The Rise after her divorce. She did it for her livelihood. After losing the status of a star heroine, she is doing whatever offers she is getting. Her career as the heroine is finished and she cannot get back to stardom again. She should continue her journey doing the offers she gets.’
Without stopping there, he even blamed Samantha for playing the sympathy card during her film’s promotions. speaking about the same, Chitti Babu said – ‘During Yashoda promotions, she shed tears in promotions and tried to score a hit. Now ahead of Shaakuntalam, she did the same trying to get sympathy saying she planned to do the role before she dies. Every time sentiment will not work. If the role and film is good, people will watch. All these are cheap and insane acts. I wonder how Samantha who lost her heroine status suited for the role of Shakuntala. I do not have any interest in Shaakuntalam.’
These statements by the veteran producer irked a controversy on social media. Meanwhile, Samantha’s fans are trolling the producer for making such harsh remarks about their favorite actress.