Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Akkineni’s love story had begun on the sets of ‘Ye Maya Chesave’. In a throwback interview, Chaitanya talked about being nervous for the kissing scene with Samantha in YMC.
Tollywood’s ‘IT’ couple, Samantha Akkineni and Naga Chaitanya are one of the most loved celebs in the glamour world. They are the perfect examples of opposites attract as she is a live wire, who is quite active on social media, on the other hand, he is shy and rarely talks about his personal life. But together, they make for an adorable couple and we love seeing them together. When Samantha had starred opposite Naga Chaitanya in her debut film, Ye Maya Chesave, she had never thought that the film would change her life for the best. (Also Read: Raveena Tandon Drops Precious Then-And-Now Memories Of Daughter Rasha Thadani On 'Sweet 16' Birthday)
Samantha Akkineni and Naga Chaitanya had become great friends during the shooting of Ye Maya Chesave, which had eventually turned into love. It was in 2015 when rumours of Chay and Sam had started surfacing and it had gotten more mileage when she had revealed that she had found her prince charming. After knowing each other for 8 years, the duo had tied the knot on October 6, 2017. The couple had first gotten married according to traditional South Indian ritual and later in a Christian wedding.
Gautham Menon’s Ye Maya Chesave will always be a special film for Samantha and Chaitanya as they found their love. Do you know, Naga Chaitanya was quite nervous to shoot the lip-lock scene with his then co-star, Samantha Akkineni for Ye Maya Chesave. During a promotional interview for one of his films, Naga Chaitanya had revealed that he was a little nervous before the take, but the whole thing got over in a couple of seconds.
Ye Maaya Chesave was released in 2010 and had completed 11 years recently and to celebrate the same, Samantha Akkineni had shared an adorable video message. To mark the completion of her 11 years in the industry, Samantha had taken to her IG handle and had thanked director, Gautham Menon and co-actor-hubby, Naga Chaitanya. She had also thanked her fans for showering their immense love and support for her. Samantha had captioned the video as “#11yearanniversary Thankyou @menongautham for seeing something in me… something that I really didn’t see in myself... Thankyou @ManjulaOfficial and Thankyou @chay_akkineni... and Thankyou to all of you reading this .. you have made me the happiest woman in the world.”
Samantha Akkineni is quite active on social media. A few months back, Samantha had hosted a ‘Post A Pic’ session with her fans and had shared a number of pictures from her personal life. When asked by one of her fans, which is her most memorable picture, the diva had posted an adorable picture with her hubby, Naga Chaitanya. The picture was from their first film together, Ye Maaya Chesave, atop which she had written, “First photo shoot”. (Also Read: Alia Bhatt Looks Gorgeous In An Orange 'Lehenga' At Her BFF's Wedding, Poses With Her Girl Squad)
In 2015, Samantha had typed an adorable birthday wish for Chaitanya on her Twitter handle and it had raised quite a few eyebrows. Her birthday wish could be read as “Happy birthday to my favourite person. Forever and Always. A great year it’s going to be.” In September 2016, she had finally admitted that she was dating Chaitanya and had added that they were not planning to get married soon.
In an interaction with Famously Filmfare, Chaitanya couldn’t stop feeling grateful about marrying Samantha and was all praises for her. He had also confessed that she is a devil and he knows all her mischiefs. He had said, “I think there was a point when we both were single. We hung out more than normal. So, automatically things started building between us. I was also mentally looking to settle down. I always looked forward to having a family. So, all those thoughts started flowing in my head and she was right there in front of me. So, I was like she is a known devil (chuckles). I know all her mischief and I am fine with them." (Also Read: Mouni Roy Is All Set To Tie The Knot With Dubai-Based Businessman, Suraj Nambiar? [Details Inside])
Well, the magical moment during that scene might have created the spark between Chaitanya and Samantha!