Samantha Ruth Prabhu is coming for a Telugu mythological drama film Shaakuntalam. The makers have organized a grand event in Hyderabad and released the trailer on Monday. In this new trailer, the film features Samantha in her most pivotal role self which looks like an epic retelling of a chapter from the Mahabharata.
The new trailer starts with a shot of a massive kingdom and the voiceover unveils an abandoned baby who was born to Menaka and Viswamithra. The new trailer continues and introduced the baby as Shaakuntala, who was born with a purpose.
On cutting to the next shot, we have introduced to king Dushyant and he has met Shaakuntala for the first time in a forest. After that, he falls in love, and it was love at first sight as the camera pans to Samantha. She is looking absolutely ethereal. She’s covered in butterflies when Dushyant sees her for the first time.
The remainder of the film is about Shaakuntala’s battle for her love and the repercussions she has to face for the same.
The Telugu love drama is truly a high-budget film, the project has been directed by Gunasekhar, who is best known for his epic period drama Rudhramadevi with Anushka Shetty.
In 2020, speaking at the launch of the movie recently, Samantha said that this will be her dream project and dream role. She has teamed up with Gunasekhar for the first time.
The film, produced on a massive budget by Gunasekhar himself, will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada. It will hit the screens worldwide on February 17.
Samantha was recently seen in the Telugu film Pushpa, in which she danced to the widely popular song, Oa Antava. In Tamil, she was seen in the romantic comedy Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kadhal, which co-starred Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi.
In 2021, Samantha was seen playing a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel in the hit web series, Family Man season 2. She played a character called Raji, and her performance was extremely well-received.
Samantha will soon make her international film debut with Arrangements of Love, which will be directed by Downton Abbey creator Philip John. As per Variety, the project will be produced by Sunita Tati, who had previously worked with Samantha on Oh! Baby, the Telugu adaptation of the Korean comedy, Miss Granny. She also has Raj and DK’s Citadel, also starring V.
Shaakuntalam: Release Date
The Telugu love drama film will hit on 17th February 2023.
Here is the trailer:
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