16 March, (Telugu Bullet) Samanta’s upcoming mythological movie titled Shakuntalam was formally launched on Monday morning with a pooja ceremony being held at Annapurna Studios. Director Gunasekhar, a successful filmmaker in dealing with mythological subjects in Telugu cinema, is directing Shakuntalam. Touted to be a pan-India movie, the movie is being presented by Dil Raju and produced by Gunasekhar’s daughter Neelima Guna under the banner Gunaa Team Works.
Southern star Samantha is playing the title role of Shakuntalam while Malayalam actor Dev Mohan will play the role of King Dushyant. Ace producer Allu Aravind gave the clap for the muhurat shot while producer Dil Raju switched on the camera.
“I’m happy to be associated with Dil Raju. And one can imagine the scale of the film and the making when producers like Dil Raju come forward rendering support. I’m happy to introduce my daughter Neelima who studied masters in Art and Visual Culture. It’s not easy to play the heroine-centric role like Shakuntala. There have been many cooked-up stories about the movie Shakuntalam and as to who would play the title role in the movie.
As I was thinking about who has the right sensibility to pull off the role, everyone suggested me to cast Samantha. She has been very selective about her roles. She assured us to give the required effort to bring out the Shakuntala in her. She has been involving in the script for the last four months and learning classical dance,” he added. Meanwhile, Samantha shared some pictures from the sets of the historical film on her Instagram post.
