Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress and model who has appeared predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in 2010 with Gautham Vasudev Menon's Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave. The film fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South and a Nandi Award. In 2012, Samantha featured in live action Telugu-Tamil bilingual project Eega. The film received positive reviews and was one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year, earning ₹1.15 billion globally. Her performance as a micro artist who runs a NGO and takes revenge for the murder of her lover earned her Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. In the same year, she appeared in trilingual romantic drama Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012). The film earned her praise from critics, and Samanth