Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu took to Instagram to share a profound poem reflecting on the journey of entering her thirties, the idea of finding “real love,” and the peace that comes from embracing one’s true self.
Sharing a confident video of herself, the actress detailed the shift in perspective from her twenties to her current decade, emphasizing the liberation found in authenticity.
Samantha’s Reflection on Her Twenties vs. Thirties
Samantha’s poem contrasts the pressure and restlessness of her youth with the newfound calm of her thirties:
On Her Twenties: The Pressure to be “Perfect”
- She describes her twenties as “loud, restless,” and spent “hurrying.”
- This rush was driven by the world’s narrative that everything after thirty is “downhill” and that one must rush to achieve the “perfect face, perfect body, perfect life.”
- She spent those years “hurrying to look enough, to feel enough, to be enough” and maintaining a façade to hide how lost she felt inside.
- She writes that no one told her she was “already whole.”
On Her Thirties: Finding Peace and True Love
- In her thirties, she says “Something softened. Something opened.”
- She stopped carrying the “weight of old mistakes” and stopped trying to fit in.
- The most significant change was ending the “two lives” she was living: the one she showed the world and the one she lived in silence.
- She states that the person she was in public finally became the same person she was in private, which made her feel the “most alive I had ever felt.”
- She also noted that “love… real love… would find me as I was, without twisting myself into someone I was never meant to be.”
A Wish for Every Girl
The actress concluded her heartfelt message with a wish for her female followers, urging them to find the same self-acceptance:
“I wish this for every girl. I wish her wholeness. I wish her the kind of peace that comes when she stops running and finally comes home to herself. Because when you are fully yourself… without apology, without disguise… you don’t just free yourself. You set the whole world free.“
Samantha was previously married to Naga Chaitanya from 2017 until their divorce in 2022. She is currently focused on her career, working with Raj & DK on the upcoming series Rakt Brahmand: The Bloody Kingdom, which is expected to premiere in 2026 and also stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Ali Fazal, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Jaideep Ahlawat.