Actress Samantha Akkineni says the praise she is receiving for her acting in the web series ‘The Family Man 2’ is overwhelming. The actress, who played a Tamil Eelam member Raji, in this thrilling series, is flooded with positive comments and reviews of her performance.
She said the comments filled her heart with joy. “Reading all the reviews and comments fills my heart with so much joy .. RAJI will always be special,” she wrote on her social media page.
Directed by Raj and DK, ‘The Family Man 2’ is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Before its premiere, the show ran into controversy. A section of Tamil organizations and political outfits have demanded the show to be banned as it hurt the sentiments of the Tamil people. With this controversy, Samantha kept mum on talking about the show.
Now that the reviews are out and the response has been positive, she opened up about it and praised the directors. She also wrote why she signed this series after watching documentaries of the cause of Tamil Eelam and the grief they endured.
“When @rajanddk approached me to do the character, I was aware that portraying Raji’s character required sensitivity and balance. The creative team shared documentaries of the Tamil struggle that included stories of women in the Eelam war. When I watched those documentaries, I was aghast and shocked by the troubles and unspeakable grief that the Tamils of Eelam went through over an extended period of time. I noticed that the aforementioned documentaries had only a few thousand views and that is when it dawned on me how the world just looked away when tens of thousands people of Eelam lost their lives. And, lakhs more lost their livelihood and their homes. Countless many continue to live in faraway lands with the wounds of the civil strife still fresh in their hearts and minds,” she wrote.
She continued, “Raji’s story, though fictional, to me, is a tribute to those that died because of an unequal war, and those who continue to live in the painful memory of the war. I was particular about Raji’s portrayal being balanced, nuanced, and sensitive. I want Raji’s story to be a stark, much-needed reminder for us, more than ever before, to come together as humans to fight hate, oppression, and greed. If we fail to do so, countless more will be denied their identity, liberty, and their right to self-determination.”
