01/6Telugu actors and their pet dogs: Samantha, Payal Rajput, Pranitha Subhash, Charmme Kaur and Manchu Manoj

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed a nationwide lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. In the wake of this catastrophic pandemic, all shootings across the country have come to a standstill and the release dates have been pushed. Along with shopping malls, gyms and recreational places, theaters have also been shut down all across the country and celebrities are busy making the most of their free time at home by reading, cooking, indoor workouts, playing board games or eating one’s favourite snacks.

Amid self-quarantine, Tollywood actors like Samantha, Payal Rajput, Pranitha Subhash, Manchu Manoj, Charmme Kaur and others are spending some quality time with their pets. Check out their recent social media posts with their furry friends.

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02/6Samantha and Naga Chaitanya

Samantha and Naga Chaitanya

Samantha and Naga Chaitanya have welcomed Hash and Drogo into their household on November 2018 and since then, the duo is having the time of their lives with these furry friends. Once in a while, the 32-year-old actress shares adorable pictures of her hubby bonding with their pet doggo Hash. In her recent post on Instagram, she shared a picture of Chaitanya reclining with their pooch Hash and captioned the cute pic as “#quaranteam (sic).” While the ‘Love Story’ actor can be seen lounging on the floor, Hash is resting over her daddy cool.

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03/6Pranitha Subhash

Pranitha Subhash

Pranitha Subhash shared a cute moment with her dog Joey on her Instagram handle. While she is attempting to grab a piece of pizza from the table, her furry friend seems to not like it. Sharing the clip, she wrote “Joey doesn’t share food , nor does bluey.. watch till the end to see my Blu speak ��”

After an impressive debut in Tollywood with Em Pillo Em Pillado and Baava, Bengaluru beauty Pranitha shifted her focus to Kannada and Tamil cinema. She returned as the second leading lady with Attarintiki Daredi in 2013 and went on to play the same in a string of Telugu films. Finally, the 26-year-old actress bagged her big Bollywood debut opposite Ajay Devgn in the forthcoming war–drama Bhuj: The Pride of India.

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04/6Payal Rajput

Payal Rajput

In the first week of March, Payal Rajput boarded a flight from Hyderabad to Delhi with her furry friend, Candy. The one-month-old Pomchi (mixed breed Pomeranian and Chihuahua), the pup was the cynosure of attention of her fellow passengers. A huge dog lover, the 29-year-old actor already has a four-year-old Chihuahua, Bunny and even has a social media page in his name. Recently, her TikTok video with both her pups went viral among netizens.

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05/6Charmme Kaur

Charmme Kaur

Charmme Kaur is a huge pet lover and she often shares cuddling pics with her dogs on social media. In 2013, Trisha Krishnan and Nikesha Patel have gifted Charmme a cute puppy on Valentine’s Day and she is living with it now. After enjoying a fruitful stint as an actress, the 32-year-old turned into a producer with her self-starrer Jyothi Lakshmi in 2015 and subsequently started to co-produce films with Puri Jagannadh on Puri Connects. Currently, she is occupied with the pan-Indian project ‘Fighter’ starring Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Pandey in lead roles.

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06/6Manchu Manoj

Manchu Manoj

In 2016, Akhil Akkineni gifted Manchu Manoj a Siberian husky on the latter’s marriage anniversary and the ‘Current Teega’ actor developed a close bond with it. Naming her as Zoya, Manoj frequently shares candid pictures of himself and his doggo on social media. After a 3-year break from the silver screen, the 36-year-old actor is making his acting comeback with Aham Brahmasmi. Bankrolled by his newly launched production house ‘MM Arts’, the pan-Indian film will be releasing in five languages namely, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. Directed by debutante Srikanth N Reddy, the first look poster of Aham Brahmasmi featured Manoj in three different variations with a common Tripundra.

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