Samantha Akkineni on dropping ‘Akkineni’ on social media, advice for husband Naga Chaitanya - The Indian Express

Samantha Akkineni recently dropped her last name on social media platforms, choosing to go by just S. The name change fuelled rumours that not all is well between Samantha and actor-husband Naga Chaitanya. Samantha and Chaitanya, famously called ChaySam by their fans, got married to each other in 2017 in a lavish yet private wedding. As soon as she dropped the last name, the actor was heavily trolled on the social media platforms.

Now, in a recent interview with Film Companion, Samantha spoke about being trolled and how she reacts to them. “The thing is, even with trolling for The Family Man or this, I don’t react to them. That is how I have always been. I don’t react to this kind of noise and I don’t intend on doing so as well,” she said, adding how everyone prodded her to respond. “Everybody wanted me to react to The Family Man issue. There were like 65000 tweets hammering me. I just thought no. I will speak when I have to speak and when I feel like saying something. I will not be bulldozed into saying something,” she continued.

Samantha’s The Family Man 2 was mired in a controversy as many claimed that the makers are trying to portray Tamil people in a negative light. However, after the release, the show received immense love from audience across the country. Recently, Samantha bagged her first award for her Bollywood and OTT debut — the Best Performance Female award at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.

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