2022 has not been a favourable year for the talented and beautiful Samantha Ruth Prabhu. After an intensely discussed annulled marriage, Samantha has been trying her utmost to rebuild her career, only to face a serious stumbling block with a rare and grave skin ailment braking her career plans.

While Kushi, her Telugu romcom with Vijay Deverakonda, has been postponed indefinitely one now hears that Samantha is no more a part of Raj and DK’s webseries Citadel for Amazon Video. While Priyanka Chopra Jonas , Richard Madden and the distinguished Stanley Tucci lead the cast for the global version of the series, Varun Dhawan and Samantha were finalized for the Indian spinoff of Citadel which is being directed by Raj & DK whose The Family Man franchise has re-defined the OTT space in India.

One hears Samantha due to her ill health has opted out of the series, as she is unable to give the dedicated time and attention that the series requires.

Information from Hyderabad about Samantha is that she has been advised complete abstinence from public appearance for the next three months.