From ‘Samantha Akkineni’ To ‘S’ To ‘Samantha’

Divorces and breakups are distress for sure but what is more heartbreaking from the point of view of a woman is that she has to constantly keep changing her name in this patriarchal society no matter how they got married, arranged or love. And this classic case of Samantha Ruth Prabhu is now being discussed for the same.

From being an ordinary girl in Jesse to a diva who would pull off a film on her own in Oh Baby, Samantha rose to fame through her sheer hard work, glamorous looks and acting prowess. And then, immediately at the moment, she got married to Naga Chaitanya, the actress changed the profile names on her social media handles to Samantha Akkineni, embracing the new place in a legacy-filled family that’s one of the rulers of Tollywood. And the millions of fans she has on these profiles enjoyed the same.

And when they have decided to split, Samantha dropped the first hint by dropping the surname from her name, as she changed it to a simple ‘S’ couple of months ago. And now that she made it official other day about the separation, the actress has turned the name to ‘Samantha’ on the pages. More than the breakup, this name changing is hurting her fans and well-wishers a lot.

Well, what if she marries someone again? Will she need to change the surname again? Why can’t girls carry out their surnames and add both the surnames of parents and in laws rather just one name? Or why do they need to change the name like this? When a star like Samantha is doing that multiple times, definitely her fans get influenced. And experts say, this is a deep-rooted phenomenon that is debatable and arguable, but tough to change at a single instance.