Star heroine Samantha has successfully completed 12 years in the film industry. Made her silver screen debut with the 2010 released romantic entertainer, Em Maya Chesaave, under the direction of Gautham Vasudev Menon, Samantha impressed everyone with her cute looks. Later, Samantha bagged back to back hits such as Brindavanam, Dookudu, Eega and emerged as the star heroine in no time. Today marks the 12th anniversary for Em Maya Chesaave and also for Samantha in the film industry. On this occasion, we bring you the list of projects rejected by Samantha due to various reasons.
Samantha rejected Kadali movie offered by ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam due to the lack of availability of her call sheets at that time.
Samantha was supposed to do the female lead role in Ram Charan’s Yevadu. Director Vamshi Padipally even approached Sam with the script but due to reasons unknown.
Ace director Shankar planned to rope in Samantha as the female lead in Vikram’s I but she rejected the offer due to unknown reasons.
Samantha was the first choice for the female lead role in Ram Charan’s 2015 film, Bruce Lee but she rejected the movie.
Reportedly, Samantha was offered the female lead role in Nani’s 2017 film, Ninnu Kori but she rejected the offer due to her busy schedules.
It is well-known that Samantha acted in the Telugu remake of the Kannada thriller, U Turn. But Samantha rejected the same film in Hindi,
Buzz among Tollywood media is that Samantha refused to do a character offered in NBK’s NTR Kathanayakudu.
As per the Bollywood buzz, Samantha was offered the female lead role in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year but Samantha rejected the offer due to reasons unknown.
Gama Over director Ashwin Saravan approached Samantha with a script but Samantha rejected to do it.
After impressing with Samantha’s acting in the 2018 film, Rangasthalam, director Sukumar offered the heroine role in his next project, Pushpa also but Samantha rejected the role but later accepted to do a special song in the movie.
