5 things to know about Samantha Akkineni before watching her in The Family Man (Photo Credit: Instagram)

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If you haven’t heard about her, you’ve certainly been living under a rock. Well, we’re talking about the scintillating Samantha Akkineni, who’s one of the most established actresses in the Tamil and Telugu industry. With her good looks, her stellar acting skills, impeccable screen presence and unmatched versatility she has won hearts down South. Her wish of playing a role in a mainstream Hindi title is finally coming true as she is all set to make her digital debut with the new season of The Family Man. While we can’t wait to see her portray the role of Srikant Tiwari’s arch nemesis Raji, in the new season, here are 5 interesting facts about her…

A humanitarian at heart

Along with being a great artist, Samantha also runs an NGO which she started in 2012. The non-governmental organization is called Pratyusha Support that provides support to women and children. Samantha Akkineni believes in humanity and is doing her bit to make the society a better place. Along with providing aid to her NGO, she also provides aid to other NGOs for women and children as well as helping those NGOs that focus on welfare for the street animals.

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The zeal to learn and give her 100%

Samantha’s character in the new season of The Family Man is named Raji, who besides playing Srikant’s opponent, works in a garment factory. To showcase and make the role as realistic as possible, she actually learnt the art of weaving in a real garment factory and took aid from the workers to ace her role.