Shaakuntalam: Allu Arjun's daughter Allu Arha set to make acting debut; makers reveal her character's details

By now, it’s a well-known fact that filmmaker Gunasekhar is concentrating on his upcoming ambitious project 'Shaakuntalam.' Along with directing the film, Guna is also producing the project under his home banner Gunaa Teamworks in association with

Dil Raju Productions

. While he is busy filming 'Shaakuntalam,' the filmmaker is planning to rope a star kid as the script demands it.

The latest development is that Stylish Star Allu Arjun's daughter Allu

Arha

, daddy’s little daughter will be seen playing a crucial role in the film. The little munchkin will be seen as Prince Bharata whom our proud nation derives its name as "Bharath" in 'Shaakuntalam.'

The makers took to social media page to announce the same. They said, ''Welcome on board #AlluArha. The valiant and little wonder,

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚

in #Shaakuntalam From whom our proud nation derives its name as “Bharath”.''

Sharing the announcement, the makers have also released a picture of Allu Arha. Gunasekhar can be seen holding Arha in his hands in the picture. The poster reads: Allu Arha is the great-granddaughter of Padma Shri Allu Ramalingaiah, granddaughter of producer Allu Aravind and adorable daughter of Sri Allu Arjun and

Sneha Reddy

.

'Pushpa' star Allu Arjun, the father of Allu Arha is a proud father now. Sharing his excitement for his daughter’s debut, he wrote, ''A proud moment for the Allu family to announce that the fourth generation, #AlluArha will be making her debut with #Shakuntalam movie. I want to thank @Gunasekhar1 garu & @neelima_guna garu for giving my daughter this beautiful movie as her debut.''

Allu Arjun has also shared his work experience with Samantha Akkineni with whom he shared screen space in Trivikram Srinivas directorial film 'S/0 Satyamurthy' as Allu Arha will be working with Samantha in 'Shakuntalam.' He has also extended his best wishes to the team. He wrote, ''I had an altogether different journey with @Samanthaprabhu2 and am happy to watch Arha debut with her movie. My best wishes to the entire Cast & Crew of #Shakuntalam.''

Neelima Guna, the daughter of Gunasekhar is one of the producers of the film. She is proud to introduce Allu Arha through their film. She wrote, ''Thank you @alluarjun Garu for giving us this privilege, I’m so proud to introduce ALLU ARHA as Prince Bharata in @Gunasekhar1 ‘s #Shaakuntalam @Samanthaprabhu2 @ActorDevMohan @GunaaTeamworks @DilRajuProdctns.''

Speaking of the film, 'Shakuntalam' is a mythological drama based on a popular Indian play Shakuntala by Kalidasa. The film features Samantha Akkineni in the titular role of Shakuntala and Dev Mohan as Dushyanta, the king of Puru Dynasty along with Aditi Balan and Mohan Babu in crucial roles. The music for the movie is being composed by Mani Sharma, while Sekhar V Joseph is handling the camera and Prawin Pudi is the editor.

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