Samantha is a very popular South Indian actress, who made her entry into films after her initial modeling assignments and debuted with screen name Yashoda in Moscowin Cauvery, however, the first film of her to release was Baana Kaathadi, which was a failure. But she bounced back and became a topmost actress
In this case, the famous Tamil director Bharathi Raja was recently asked about which actress would suit rural roles perfectly in the current generation and he was just asked, whether it would be Kajal or Samantha. He answered, "Neither of them" as these days both are just glam dolls. When the journo asked, had he seen 'Rangasthalam' ?? The director replied 'No' blatantly.