Samantha Ruth Prabhu besides being a star Actress in south film industry has forayed into OTT world with smash hit The Family Man web series in Amazon Prime. She has been flooded with huge offers after the success of Family Man. She is cautious about her next and chose to do Citadel directed by Raj & DK who earlier created Family Man. Samantha will be starring alongside Varun Dhawan in the Indian installment of the Citadel universe, the global-event series from Prime Video and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO.
The Citadel universe has the interconnected storylines between the productions across the globe. The Indian installment of Citadel is written by Sita R. Menon, along with Raj & DK. The streaming service also confirmed that the production is currently underway in Mumbai. After this, the unit will head to North India and then onwards to international locales like Serbia and South Africa. The untitled Indian Original Citadel series will be available to Prime members in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
As previously announced, Richard Madden (Bodyguard) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) will star in the first-to-launch series within the Citadel universe, which comes from the Russo Brothers’ AGBO along with David Weil (Hunters) and is set to premiere in 2023. Alongside Madden and Chopra Jonas, the first-to-launch Citadel series will also feature Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games saga). Additional local-language Citadel productions are also in the works, including an Italian Original series starring Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing).
Makers said that they are happy and thrilled to work with Samantha again after The Family Man. They said she was the obvious choice for her character. Samantha impressed everyone with her performance along with stunts in The Family Man.