Samantha Ruth Prabhu Takes a Dig at Producer Chittibabu's Comments About Her Career with Cryptic Instagram Post

Samantha Ruth Prabhu has seemingly responded to producer Chittibabu's comments about her career following the underwhelming box office performance of Shaakuntalam. Chittibabu had claimed that Samantha's career as a leading lady was over and that she could not regain her stardom. While Samantha had already commented on Shaakuntalam's lackluster performance earlier in the week, she took to her Instagram Stories to post a screenshot of a Google search about hair growing from ears, which is apparently linked to increased testosterone. She included the hashtag "#IYKYK (if you know, you know)", leading fans to speculate that it was a dig at Chitti Babu.

Chittibabu criticized Samantha in a recent interview, stating that her career as a "star heroine" is finished, and that she is using "cheap tactics" to promote her films. He claimed that Samantha did an item song in Pushpa The Rise for her livelihood, and that she should continue taking whatever offers she gets.

Meanwhile, it is reported that Shaakuntalam has suffered a loss of Rs 20 crore. According to a report by Telugucinema.com, Shaakuntalam was made on a budget of around Rs 60 crore. The film was sold to a streaming giant for Rs 35 crore. It is also claimed that producer Dil Raju has demanded Rs 15 crore from satellite companies to television streaming rights. However, he could not close the deal. This led to Shaakuntalam’s producers Dil Raju and Gunasekhar incurring in more than Rs 20 crore losses together.