Published 00:47 IST, March 15th 2023

Samantha watches Shakuntalam; appreciates director Gunasekhar for his vision

Samantha Ruth Prabhu recently watched her film Shakuntalam. She took to Instagram to appreciate the film, as well as her director for his work on it.

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu recently got a chance to watch Shakuntalam. Directed by Gunasekhar, film is based on epic of Shakuntala, with Samantha playing titular role. She took to her Instagram handle to share a picture of herself with director and penned a te appreciating how final cut of film has turned out.

Samantha's kind words

Samantha wrote a detailed te in an Instagram post in which she appreciated Gunasekhar's vision for film. caption read, "And I finally watched movie today! Gunashekar garu... you have my heart. What a beautiful film! One of our greatest epics brought to life so endearingly! I can't wait for our family audiences to be swept away by powerful emotions! And all you kids out re... you're going to love our magical world! Dil Raju garu and Neelima... thank you for this wonderful journey. Shakuntalam will forever be close to me!"

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Improvement in health

In October of last year, Samantha broke news of her being diagsed with autoimmune condition - Myositis. She stated that she had been waiting on condition to go into remission but it was taking longer than expected. In her te, she also mentioned how it is t necessary to put up a strong front all time and that it was okay to be vulnerable. About her tough days, she furr wrote, "I have had good days and bad days.... physically and emotionally.... and even when it feels like I can't handle one more day of this, somehow that moment passes. I guess it can only mean that I am one more day closer to recovery...."

Samantha's future projects

Shakuntalam is all set for a release on April 14. Samantha had two releases last year. first was Kaathuvaakula Rendhu Kaadhal, a romantic-comedy also starring Vijay Sethupathi. This was followed by Yashoda, an action-thriller written and directed by Hari-Harish. Apart from Shakuntalam, Samantha will also be seen in Kushi this year, co-starring Vijay Deverakonda.

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00:46 IST, March 15th 2023