Director Raj Nidimoru, who previously worked with Samantha Ruth Prabhu in 'The Family Man 2', said she wasn't the "automatic choice" for 'Citadel: Honey Bunny'. "Samantha's Hindi...was extremely minimal during 'The Family Man 2'," he explained. "For a Telugu or Tamil speaker, picking up Hindi is tough. That's why I thought that it was impossible to get...Samantha," added Raj.