Samantha had a fantastic 2019 in the form of Super Deluxe, Majili, and Oh Baby, and her character in all the three films were well received. Especially, she got accolades for her intense and arresting performance in Thiagarajan Kumararaja directorial, Super Deluxe. She is right now shooting for the second season of the Indian web series, The Family Man, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Priyamani in the lead roles. Her first release for this year would be the Telugu remake of the romantic drama, 96, directed by Prem Kumar.
Meanwhile, we have now got an update on Samantha’s new Tamil film and it looks like an interesting project. Our close sources inform that this untitled new film will be directed by Gautham Ramachandran who has earlier made Richie with Nivin Pauly. As an additional information, we are told that Screen Scene Media Entertainment will produce this film and if things progress as per plan, the shooting is expected to begin in February.
Screen Scene had produced the recent horror thriller, Iruttu and is also producing films like M.G.R.Magan (Sasikumar) and Dhaarala Prabhu (Harish Kalyan). An official word on this Samantha - Gautham project is awaited. Stay tuned.