After much wait makers of Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s ‘Shaakuntalam’ have finally unveiled the release date for the film. Helmed by Gunasekhar, ‘Shaakuntalam’ will release next month in theatres worldwide in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.
The announcement was made today with a new poster of ‘Shaakuntalam’ featuring Samantha as Shakuntala and Dev Mohan as Dushyantha in an intimate pose holding each other. The film will also release in 3D version.
Based on popular play Shakuntala by Kalidasa, ‘Shaakuntalam’ is written and directed by Gunasekhar. In addition to Samantha and Dev Mohan, the film also stars Mohan Babu, Aditi Balan, Ananya Nagalla, Prakash Raj, Gautami, Madhoo, Jisshu Sengupta, Sachin Khadekar and Kabir Bedi among others.
‘Shaakuntalam’ marks the acting debut for Allu Arjun’s six year old daughter Allu Arha. Sekhar V. Joseph is the cinematographer for the film with editing by Prawin Pudi. The film’s music is composed by Mani Sharma.
Neelima Guna has produced ‘Shaakuntalam’ under her Gunna Teamworks banner with Dil Raju’s Sri Venkateswara Creations serving as the film’s distributor. ‘Shaakuntalam’ will release worldwide in cinemas on 17th February in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada and will also be available in 3D.