Samantha Ruth Prabhu's father Joseph Prabhu no more, actress pens an emotional note

In a sad turn of events, South superstar Samantha Ruth Prabhu's father Joseph Prabhu has left for his heavenly abode. As per the latest reports, Joseph Prabhu is no more. Not much details are available. The cause of his demise is not revealed as yet. However, the news broke out as Samantha Ruth Prabhu took to her social media account to pen a heart breaking note mourning the death of her father. Often Samantha spoke about her family in interviews and her father received a special mention.

On her Insta stories, Samantha Ruth Prabhu wrote 'Until We Meet Again Dad'. She added a broken heart emoji along. As the news went viral, fans of Samantha Ruth Prabhu are dropping condolence messages on social media. The news comes as a shocker to many. Just yesterday, Samantha Ruth Prabhu was in Mumbai celebrating the success of her recently released web series Citadel: Honey Bunny. She along with Varun Dhawan and the team partied till late in the night.

Check out Samantha Ruth Prabhu's post below:

Talking about her father, in a recent interview with Galatta India, the Oo Antava actress had spoken about how her father was strict with her and she struggled to get his validation. She was quoted saying, "All my life growing up, I had to fight for validation. My father was kind of like I think most Indian parents are like that. They think they're protecting you," she began. Samantha revealed how her father would downplay her abilities. "He actually told me, 'You're not that smart. This is just the standard of Indian education. That's why even you can get a first rank.' When you say that to a child, I really believed for the longest time that I'm not smart and not good enough."

May his soul rest in peace and more power and strength to Samantha Ruth Prabhu to sail through these difficult times.