New Delhi: Samantha Ruth Prabhu recounted how she was "shaking during it from fear" during the first take of the Oo Antava song from'Pushpa'. In a recent interaction with India Today, Samantha admitted that "sexy is not my thing" . In addition to Samantha, Allu Arjun also starred in the song which became an iconic hit soon after it was released.
Samantha on Oo Antava
“I think the decision to do Oo Antava was similar to doing Raji (her character in The Family Man 2. I think the good side of not having too many people around you, no people in your ear putting their opinions that you need to cater to. This is the good side. The flip side is, that I need to make mistakes, learn from them and own my gut instincts. The decision to do Oo Antava came from the place where I had to explore that facet of being an actor. I have always been very uncomfortable with my sexuality. I am not very comfortable or confident. I have always operated from a place like ‘I am not good enough, I don’t feel pretty, I don’t look like the other girls,” Samantha said in the interview.
“For me, it was a huge challenge. The first shot of Oo Antava, and I was shaking from fear because sexy is not my thing. But, how I have grown both as an actor and as a person is that I put myself in the most difficult circumstances and fight to overcome them. That is like how I am slaying these demons.” Samantha added.
Earlier in 2023, Samantha had spoken about the song in an interview with Miss Malini. She said, "When I was offered Oo Antava, it was in the middle of the separation [from Naga]. After the announcement came, every well-wisher and every family member was like ‘You will sit at home, you will not do an item song just when you have announced the separation’. Even my friends, who always encouraged me to challenge myself, told me, ‘Do not do an item song’. But I was like, ‘Ok, I am doing it.'"
Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna were also part of ‘Pushpa: The Rise’.