Samantha is hogging the media limelight for quite some time. She joined the sets of the webseries Citadel in Mumbai and started intense training. Her boxing photos with her trainer went viral. Earlier she visited Palani temple and those who watched her undergo treatment for her autoimmune disease and then undergo all these intense things, got moved.
In the midst of all this, when Manoj Bajpayee who shared screen presence with Samantha in the Family Man webseries was asked about Samantha, he said "Go easy on yourself. She is very hardworking...But the way physically jis tarike se woh Family Man kaam karte huye dekha tha, it scared me, ki kitna sata rahi hai apne aap ko yeh."
When her fans, shared this video to Samantha, she replied back 'Will try sir' Samantha is currently awaiting the release of her film Shaakuntalam which is directed by Gunasekhar. The film is a mythological entertainer. Apart from it, Samantha is starring in a romantic entertainer Kushi sharing screen presence with Vijay Devarakonda.