It seems that Samantha Ruth Prabhu has retaliated against producer Chittibabu’s. Recent comments about her career, following the underwhelming box office performance of their film Shaakuntalam.
Chittibabu had suggested that Samantha’s days as a “star heroine” were over and that she was resorting to “cheap tactics” to promote her films. However, Samantha has apparently hit back at these comments in a now- expired Instagram Stories post. She shared a screenshot of a Google search result about increased testosterone causing ear hair growth, along with the hashtag “IYKYK” (if you know, you know), which fans have interpreted as a dig at Chittibabu.
Reports suggest that Shaakuntalam incurred losses of around Rs 20 crore, having been produced on a budget of roughly Rs 60 crore and sold to a streaming platform for Rs 35 crore. Producers Dil Raju and Gunasekhar also faced losses of over Rs 20 crore when they failed to secure satellite rights deals for television streaming.