Samantha Ruth Prabhu said on Wednesday that she will be stepping aside from her film promotion responsibilities due to health issues just two days before the release of her high-profile costume drama Shaakuntalam. The actress informed her followers of the news via social media.
Samantha wrote in a tweet that her hectic schedule had negatively impacted her health and that she was now running a fever. She apologised for not being able to be with her supporters during the promotional events, but she invited them to come support her team at the MLRIT Annual Day Event.
This isn’t the first time Samantha has disclosed a health concern. She disclosed last year that she had myositis, an autoimmune disorder. Samantha has remained upbeat and determined to fight her health despite the difficulties she endures.
In an interview, Samantha spoke about the difficulties of living with myositis. “Somedays getting up from bed is difficult. Somedays I want to fight. Slowly the days I want to fight are getting more and more than the days I want to give up,” she said.
Following her announcement, Samantha’s fans expressed their concern for her health. However, the actress reassured her fans that her life was not in immediate danger. “I’m not dying anytime soon. Yes, it is auto-immune. It’s taking time. It’s draining and tiring, but I have always been a fighter. I am going to fight,” she said in an earlier interview.
Shaakuntalam is a big-budget movie inspired by Indian mythology. Writer-director Gunasekhar has adapted the Indian epic Shakuntala by Kalidasa for the big screen. The movie is bankrolled by Dil Raju’s Sri Venkateswara Creations. And it’s due in cinemas on April 14.
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