Samantha-Raj Love Story Since When? Timeline of Their Secret Romance

On December 1, 2025, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu and filmmaker Raj Nidimoru sealed their relationship with a private marriage ceremony at the Isha Yoga Centre. The event, a Bhuta Shuddhi Vivaha, was not only for family and friends but also publicly acknowledged a romance long hinted at by social media posts which were the main source of the relationship rumor.

Samantha’s posts over the past four years have documented a developing bond, although the couple had skillfully kept the matter private. Their professional interaction first took place in the series The Family Man 2, where Samantha played Raji. After the series was released in June 2021, she posted about the role and her collaboration with Raj and DK, the director duo behind the project, acknowledging the importance of her character and her collaboration with them.

By November 2021, Samantha was already with Raj and DK at a red carpet event. While sharing pictures from the night, she represented it as “an evening to remember” with the cast and crew. In the following year, the pair collaborated on Citadel, a spy action series. Samantha had various selfies, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and even posts from global premieres and promotional events, marking a close working relationship with Raj.

The first indication of the personal connection came in July 2023 when Samantha called Raj and DK “the family I didn’t know I needed,” in her wrap note. They were working together during the project and their private life begun to be overlapping with the social media posts around the end of 2024 showing the two at the Citadel: Honey Bunny watch parties and being photographed during the London international shoot.

The first public engagement indicator was seen in February 2025, when Samantha posted a picture of her hand with a noticeable ring on her finger. The identical custom-made portrait-cut diamond ring was spotted in the following posts, which gave strong evidence to the rumors. The couple had shared the first pictures taken during the making of their joint project Subham, which made their professional and personal partnership stronger, by May.

The next months saw that the social media of Samantha and Raj was filled with pictures of travels, Diwali celebrations, and public appearances which indicated a budding romance in their relationship. The couple was seen together at a brand launch event in November 2025, which was quite some time before their wedding that they had already made.

On December 1, Samantha posted her first wedding photos with the very simple caption "01.12.2025," which revealed the private, low-key ceremony at the Isha Yoga Centre. The couple's fans and the media reacted swiftly, and pictures from the wedding event were soon after uploaded a lot across various social networks.