IIFA 2024 EXCLUSIVE | Samantha Ruth Prabhu on giving a pan-India film before ‘Baahubali’: ‘Even today, people talk about this film of mine and say…’

Samantha Ruth Prabhu was one of the stars to arrive in Abu Dhabi for IIFA 2024 Utsavam as she was being awarded the trophy for being the Woman of the year. And on the green carpet, while speaking exclusively to Firstpost, she spoke about her film Eega, that rare pan India film before the Baahubali phenomenon took over.

The actress said, “I accept it,” and laughed. She added, “ I still even now after all of these years when people meet me they still say that Bindu and Eega is my favorite. So I’m hoping that I can do enough work to beat that now.”

#FPExclusive The lovely #SamanthaRuthPrabhu speaks about her film #Eega by #SSRajamouli being one of the few films befofe Baahubali to go Pan-India at the #IIFAIUtsavam2024 #IIFAwards #FPEntertainment pic.twitter.com/w6KhH6nwZ0

— Vinamra (@vinamravinamra8) September 28, 2024

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