Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s Oo Antava gets love from Swara Bhasker: ‘Loving item number critiquing objectification of women’

Swara Bhasker shared an appreciation post for Samantha Ruth Prabhu and her song Oo Antava from Pushpa: The Rise. She also praised the song for ‘critiquing the objectification of women’.

Swara Bhasker showered love on Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s special song in Pushpa: The Rise, Oo Antava, and said that she is ‘tripping’ on it. Swara not only praised its message - ‘critiquing the objectification of women’ - but also Samantha’s dance moves.

Swara Bhasker gushed over Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s song Oo Antava from Pushpa: The Rise.

“I know I’m late to this party! But trippin’ on #OohAntava from the film #Pushpa... Whatta song, such a trippy composition! Loving an item number critiquing the objectification of women!!! And @Samanthaprabhu2 is (fire emojis) (sparkle emojis),” she wrote on Twitter.

Samantha thanked everyone for the love in an Instagram post and said that while she experimented with different roles in her career, it was ‘next-level hard work’ to look sexy. “I played good, I played bad, I was funny, I was serious, I was a chat show host too. I work really hard to excel at everything that I take up but being sexy is next-level hard work. Phew, #ooantavaooooantava Thank you for the love,” she wrote.

Pushpa: The Rise, starring Allu Arjun in the lead role, was the highest-grossing Indian film of 2021. The Hindi-dubbed version performed surprisingly well at the box office despite stiff competition from Spider-Man: No Way Home and 83. A sequel titled Pushpa: The Rule is in the works.

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Recently, Samantha praised Allu Arjun’s performance in Pushpa: The Rise and dedicated an ‘appreciation post’ to him. “This is an @alluarjunonline appreciation post!!! A performance that just keeps you hooked... every second was (fire emojis). I am always, always inspired when an actor is just so good that it is impossible to look away... @alluarjunonline was that for me in #Pushpa... from the accent to the one side drooping shoulder and that god damn SWAG… Phew... absolutely stunning... truly, truly inspired,” she wrote.