Samantha says Shaakuntalam character is like her: She goes all out for love

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is gearing up for release of her film, Shaakuntalam. It will hit big screens on April 14. In a recent interview, actress shared that even though her character in movie is based on a princesss from  5th century, she related to her. Samantha went on to reveal what she has in common with Shakuntala. 

What Samantha said about Shaakuntalam

In a recent interview with Pinkvilla, Samantha spoke about how, despite being set in 5th century, her character in Shaakuntalam is very similar to modern woman. She said that  character is based on Abhijnana Shaakuntalam and it is remarkable that she can still connect with her. 

Family Man actress shared that much like women of today, Shakuntala also went out of her way for love and fought for her beliefs. She added that emotions of Shakuntala were very relatable and “love, betrayal, and redemption and y don't go out of style.”
 

About Shakuntalam 

Directed by Gunasekhar, Shaakuntalam is scheduled to release on big screens on April 14. While Samantha plays lead role of Shakuntala in movie, Dev Mohan, Mohan Babu, Sachin Khedekar, Aditi Balan, Gautami, and Prakash Raj also play important roles in mythological period drama. movie also marks acting debut of Allu Arjun’s daughter Allu Arha. movie will be released in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. 

Samantha’s upcoming projects 

After Shaakuntalam, Samantha Ruth Prabhu will also be seen in Khushi along with Vijay Deverakonda. She is also shooting for Indian verison of Citadel, opposite Variun Dhawan. actress was last seen in Yashoda.