In the beginning of 2013, samantha appeared in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu that featured Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu in the lead, marking her second film with Mahesh Babu. The film was critically and commercially successful and her performance was praised by the critics along with the other female lead, Anjali. Mahesh S Koneru of 123telugu.com commented on her performance stating "Samantha is beautiful and adorable in this movie. Her cute expressions and romantic scenes with Mahesh Babu make you want to root for her". IBN Live too commented positively on her performance stating "Good to see Samantha shed her glamorous side and welcome performance-oriented roles, which she only handles with deftness and ease". Later, in February, she played the lead role in Nandini Reddy's Jabardasth co-starring Siddharth. The movie, which was an unofficial remake of the 2010 Hindi film Band Baaja Baaraat was commercially successful at the Box Office. Oneindia Entertainment in their review commented "Samantha has good scope in the film and her bubbly characterisation is entertaining. The actress will surely impress you in both romantic and emotional sequences. Her belly dance in the song 'Meghamala' is very hot".
Samantha is currently working on several Telugu projects, including Trivikram Srinaivas' Attharintiki Daaredhi starring Pawan Kalyan, Autonagar Surya opposite Naga Chaitanya under the direction of Deva Katta and Ramayya Vasthavayya directed by Harish Shankar, featuring NTR Jr. She has signed on Lingusamy's next with Suriya and V. V. Vinayak's next with Bellamkonda Suresh's son, Sai Srinivas. Besides, she was selected to portray the female lead in NTR Jr's next film Rabhasa as well, which is to be directed by Santosh Srinivas. Samantha for the first time playing the role of mother her new movie Manam.