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Samantha Ruth Prabhu's Telugu film Shaakuntalam will not be released in February as was previosly announced. The film's release has been postponed by two months. Find out more.
Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s upcoming Telugu film Shaakuntalam, which was supposed to be released in cinemas on February 17, has been postponed by a couple of months. The film’s makers on Friday confirmed that the film will now hit screens worldwide on April 14. Without revealing the exact reason for postponement, the makers unveiled a new poster with a release date.
In Shaakuntalam, Samantha plays the central character Shakuntala, daughter of Menaka and Viswamithra. The film, produced and directed by Gunasekhar, will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. This project marks Samantha’s maiden collaboration with Gunasekhar.
In 2020, speaking at the launch of the movie recently, Samantha said that this will be her dream project and dream role. The trailer of Shaakuntalam was released in January. Speaking at the event, an emotional Samantha said her love for cinema hasn’t changed amid all the recent life struggles. She said she gathered all her courage to attend the event. In her speech, Samantha spoke about how her love for cinema hasn’t changed amid all her life struggles in recent past. She was talking about her rare auto-immune disease called Myositis which she has been diagnosed with since last November.
“No matter how many struggles I face in life, one thing won’t change. That’s how much I love cinema and cinema loves me back. I strongly believe that this love will grow manifold with Shaakuntalam,” she had said.
Samantha was last seen on screen in Telugu action-thriller Yashoda. In the film, Samantha played a surrogate mother who won’t stop at anything to protect her child. The film turned out to be a hit at the box-office and had grossed around ₹40 crore during its theatrical run. Recently, Samantha joined the sets of the Indian adaptation of Amazon Prime’s upcoming web series, Citadel. She will be seen sharing screen space with Varun Dhawan in the show, which is being co-created by Raj and DK.
