Samantha Ruth Prabhu expresses gratitude towards her upcoming film Shaakuntalam, says: “It will forever be close to me”

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is definitely one of the most loved actress in Tollywood. She recently watched her upcoming film Shaakuntalam for the first time and had something heart warming to say about the film. She is undoubtedly fans favorite!

Samantha shared a picture of herself with the team, and penned this beautiful note, “And I finally watched the 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 the powerful emotions! And all you kids out there… you’re going to love our magical world! Dil Raju garu and Neelima… thank you for this wonderful journey.#Shaakuntalam will forever be close to me!”

The movie is Presented by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations in collaboration with Gunaa Teamworks, produced by Neelima Guna, and written & directed by Gunasekhar, the film will release in 3D. The story of Shaakuntalam portrays the epic love story of Shakuntala and King Dushyant from Mahabharata, portrayed by Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan. Shaakuntalam is based on internationally acclaimed Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play “Abhijnana Shakuntalam” which is set to release in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam & Kannada.

Samantha also has many upcoming projects in line, as of now she is gearing up for the highly anticipated Indian version of Citadel. The actress is working hard for the action sequences and recently shot in Nanital for it and has also resumed shooting for her upcoming film Kushi opposite Vijay Deverakonda.