'Perks of Action': Of Samantha, myositis, and stunts

Tollywood diva Samantha took to her Instagram to share a picture of her hands from the sets of the film. In this picture, one can see bruises on her hands and Samantha has captioned the picture as 'Perks of Action'.

Love for stunts

Only people who follow or know Samantha well will know her passion for action stunt sequences. In her first web series `The Family Man’ in which she played a terrorist, Sam personally learned to do stunts for the role that demanded her to. In her recent film Yashoda as well, Sam performed all the action sequences by herself and has not used any body double. This was right when she started suffering from Myositis, which is an autoimmune disease.

Currently, Samantha is in her recovery phase but is still busy shooting for her upcoming project Citadel. For the role in this project, Samantha is performing action sequences yet again and is being trained by action choreographer Yannick Ben of Yashoda fame. While performing stunts, Sam underwent minor injuries and she shared pictures of the bruises leaving her fans broken.

Why Samantha is different from others?

It is quite common that actors to get hurt during these performances. But in Samantha's case, it is a lot more different and tough. Unlike others, Samantha cannot recover quickly from wounds and bruises. Wondering why? Well, the Myositis she's been suffering from won't let her recover from injuries so quickly.

Stunts and Myositis don't go hand in hand

Patients suffering from immune diseases have significantly larger wounds and their time to heal is much more prolonged compared to the general population. As their immune system attacks itself, the body does not have the capability to heal the wounds as quickly as any other person. So performing such action sequences and high-octane stunts put Samantha at more risk. And that means she needs to be a lot more careful than others.

13 years of Samantha

Knowing her condition, Samantha has not been compromising and chose to not leave a stone unturned when it comes to giving her best to a film. Also that she has completed 13 years as an actress, and she's more dedicated to her passion which is her profession as well.