Samantha Akkineni takes inspiration from Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu, hits the gym on Sunday

Although it's a Sunday, Samantha Akkineni is back at the gym, working out and pumping some iron. The actress says she has taken inspiration from Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu and lifted some heavy weights inside the gym.
Taking to her social media handle, Samantha shared a video of her working out and lifting some weights. "Sunday inspiration, @MirabaiChanu (sic)," she wrote.
The Oh Baby! actress had lauded Mirabai Chanu on Saturday after the Manipur girl clinched a silver medal at the ongoing

Tokyo Olympics

. Samantha also extended her best wishes to the entire Indian contingent that is gunning for medals at the

Olympics

.
On the work front, Samantha is currently shooting for her upcoming mythological drama

Shaakuntalam

. Gunasekhar is directing this flick and currently, the film's crew is canning some important scenes. Dev Mohan is playing the lead role and Allu Arjun’s daughter

Allu Arha

will be making her debut in this film. The film's release date is yet to be announced.