'Shaakuntalam' movie review and release LIVE updates: 'Shaakuntalam' Day 1 box office collection-Samantha Ruth Prabhu's film rakes in $150k+ from USA premieres and opening day gross, despite slow start

Samantha Ruth Prabhu's starrer mythological drama film is releasing today all over the world, the film is said to be one of the grand releases for Samantha in the US. The film written and directed by Gunasekhar is jointly funded by Gunasekhar’s daughter Neelima Guna under their ‘Gunaa Team Works’ in association with Dil Raju.The film is said to be based on the popular play ‘Abhignyana Shakuntalam’ by MahaKavi Kalidasa and the film features Malayalam actor Dev Mohan playing King Dushyanta, the other important actors include Mohan Babu, Jisshu Sengupta, Madhoo, Gautami, Aditi Balan are playing the other important roles. The film is made around 5 years with lots of research on its dialogues, Pre-production, VFX and other production-related challenges. The film’s soundtrack and the background score were composed by Manisharma, its cinematography was handled by Sekhar V. Joseph, and the film is edited by Prawin Pudi. The film’s dialogues were penned by Veteran dialogue writer Sri Sai Madhav Burra, while Dil Raju is distributing this film. The film is releasing today in Telugu states 2D and 3D formats besides in its dubbed versions in Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam languages.The film that has been premiered to celebs and media all across the country has been reviewed to be great and getting positive responses from all over.Let us hear what the public has to talk about the film and other social media reviews about this film ‘Shaakuntalam’ besides discussing its box-office collections through advance bookings and openings in both domestic and International markets.

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Magical visuals, authentic storytelling… this beautiful film is a Samantha show all the way! There could be no better ode to Kalidasa’s masterpiece. @Samanthaprabhu2 only you could have carried this huge epic on those slender shoulders! Kudos to the entire team! Must . Sam, the world knows that the last few months haven't been easy for you, yet you powered through with willpower, determination & grit. You're a total trooper... time and again you've overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. God bless, stay strong & keep the fight on.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu's starrer film, which is a mythological drama, 'Shaakuntalam’ is releasing tomorrow. The film is based on the popular play ‘Abhignyana Shakuntalam’ by Kalidasa and also features actors namely Mohan Babu, Dev Mohan, Jisshu Sengupta, Madhoo, Gautami, Aditi Balan, and others in important roles. While searching about the film, we stumbled upon a piece of information where we got to know that Shakuntala is not new to the Indian audience as it has been played over 21 times so far in various languages. We have compiled a list of other popular Indian mythology characters on which films have been made so far. Here you go...