‘Shaakuntalam’ Telugu movie review: Samantha gets her moments but this mythological romance is a misfire with subpar writing and visual effects

‘Shaakuntalam’ Telugu movie review: Samantha gets her moments but this mythological romance is a misfire with subpar writing and visual effects

Director Gunasekhar’s ‘Shaakuntalam’ stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan in the lead | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Director Gunasekhar’s Telugu film Shaakuntalam, a retelling of Shakuntala’s story from Mahabharata, is an ambitious experiment. The makers hope that the audience will be awed by the romance between Shakuntala and Dushyant and the origin story of […]

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu on ‘Shaakuntalam’: We, female actors, have come a long way to find our small place in the film industry

Samantha Ruth Prabhu on ‘Shaakuntalam’: We, female actors, have come a long way to find our small place in the film industry

Samantha Ruth Prabhu | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The team of the Telugu film Shaakuntalam, directed by Gunasekhar and produced by Neelima Guna, held a premiere recently in Hyderabad. In this interview with The Hindu days prior to the film’s nationwide release on April 14, the film’s lead actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu makes her happiness […]

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Rashmika Mandanna’s next, ‘Rainbow’; to be a Tamil-Telugu bilingual

Rashmika Mandanna’s next, ‘Rainbow’; to be a Tamil-Telugu bilingual

Team ‘Rainbow’ at the film’s pooja ceremony | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rashmika Mandanna’s next film is titled Rainbow. SR Prakash Babu and SR Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures will produce the film which is said to be a Tamil-Telugu bilingual.  Directed by debutant Shantharuban, the film’s cast includes Dev Mohan and Rao Ramesh. In a […]

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Gunasekhar and Neelima on ‘Shaakuntalam’: Samantha is the perfect choice to portray Shakuntala’s quiet inner strength

Gunasekhar and Neelima on ‘Shaakuntalam’: Samantha is the perfect choice to portray Shakuntala’s quiet inner strength

A phrase that producer Neelima Guna and her father, director Gunasekha, use to describe the essence of their film Shaakuntalam, headlined by Samantha Ruth Prabhu, is ‘mythology for millennials’. In an hour-long conversation in their Hyderabad office, the father-daughter duo discuss how they strived to convey the essence of Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play Abhijnanasakuntalam while trying […]

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Neeta Lulla on ‘Shaakuntalam’: Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s outfits are simple yet alluring

Neeta Lulla on ‘Shaakuntalam’: Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s outfits are simple yet alluring

Samantha Ruth Prabhu in director Gunashekhar’s ‘Shaakuntalam’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It took Neeta Lulla and her team nearly eight months of planning and production to design more than 3,000 outfits for the entire cast of the mythological drama Shaakuntalam. Directed by Gunasekhar, it stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the title role. The Telugu […]

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Gunasekhar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan unveil ‘Shaakuntalam’ trailer

Gunasekhar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan unveil ‘Shaakuntalam’ trailer

Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan in ‘Shaakuntalam’ The trailer of actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s anticipated film Shaakuntalam, directed by Gunasekhar, was unveiled in Hyderabad earlier today at a multiplex in the presence of a packed audience that cheered the lead actor who was making a public appearance after a hiatus. The film is Gunasekhar’s […]

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Samantha’s ‘Shaakuntalam’ to release on November 4

Samantha’s ‘Shaakuntalam’ to release on November 4

Based on Kalidasa’s acclaimed Sanskrit play ‘Abhijnana Shakuntalam’, the film is written and directed by Gunasekhar Based on Kalidasa’s acclaimed Sanskrit play ‘ Abhijnana Shakuntalam‘, the film is written and directed by Gunasekhar Multilingual mythological drama Shaakuntalam, headlined by Samantha, is set to be released in theatres on November 4. Based on Kalidasa’s acclaimed Sanskrit […]

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