Samantha Ruth Prabhu in a still from Shaakuntalam. (courtesy: samantharuthprabhuoffl)
Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu, on Tuesday, unveiled the new trailer of her upcoming mythological romantic drama film Shaakuntalam.
On Instagram, Samantha dropped the new trailer which she captioned, "Get ready to embark on an epic journey of love #Shaakuntalam worldwide release on April 14 in 3D & 2D."
The Pan-India mythological romantic drama stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan in lead roles. The film is based on a popular Indian play Shakuntala by Kalidasa. Shakuntala is the wife of King Dushyant and the mother of Emperor Bharata. King Dushyant meets Shakuntala when he is out on a hunting trip in the jungle. They fell in love and got married as per the Gandharva system.
Soon after she dropped the trailer, fans flooded the comment section with red hearts and fire emoticons. "Good job lots of love," a user wrote. Another user wrote, "Soooo excited for this one." A user wrote, "We are all ready to witness the first Indian Disney Our culture, our tradition all Indian."
The film is all set to hit the theatres on April 14 and it will be out in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada. Recently while talking about Shaakuntalam, Samantha told ANI, "It's a love story. And love is like a universe in itself. Our cultural heritage is rich. And the story of this film is inspired by one of our oldest classics. Apart from the story, the movie has high-level graphics and special effects." Dev Mohan has been paired opposite Samantha.
Expressing her feeling, she said, "I am excited as well as a bit nervous. The budget for the film is quite high. But I feel, the audience will love the movie." Samantha was recently seen in the sci-fi thriller film Yashoda which received positive responses from the audience. She will be next seen in an upcoming romantic film Khusi opposite Vijay Deverakonda and in the action thriller web series Citadel alongside Varun Dhawan.
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