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

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 […]

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

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 […]

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

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 […]

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

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 […]

Mythology to action entertainers, Telugu cinema aims high in 2023 – Samantha’s ‘Shaakuntalam’, Nani’s ‘Dasara’, Prabhas’ ‘Salaar’ and more

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

(Clockwise) Nani in ‘Dasara’, Samantha in ‘Shaakuntalam’, Teja Sajja in ‘Hanu-Man’, Naga Chaitanya in ‘Custody’, Shruti Haasan and Balakrishna in ‘Veera Simha Reddy’, Chiranjeevi in ‘Waltair Veerayya’ and Prabhas in ‘Salaar’ In 2022, Telugu cinema witnessed a few memorable larger-than-life films and smaller ones. Some big-budget films with staid storylines bit the dust. Filmmakers had […]

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

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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 […]

Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s ‘Shaakuntalam’ to hit screens on February 17

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Release poster of ‘Shaakuntalam’ | Photo Credit: @SVC_official/Twitter Shaakuntalam, the mythological drama headlined by Samantha Ruth Prabhu, will release in theatres on February 17 worldwide. The Telugu film was earlier scheduled to hit the screens on November 4, 2022, but the release was delayed to make the film available in the 3D format as well. […]

Samantha’s ‘Shaakuntalam’ to release on November 4

September 23, 2022September 24, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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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