Producer Dil Raju opens up about the failer of Shaakuntalam; calls it ‘biggest jerk’ in his career

Samantha Ruth Prabhu starrer Shaakuntalam was her first mythological film, it released on April 14 to negative reviews. The film was directed by Gunasekhar, Shaakuntalam has ended up a massive flop in Samantha’s career.

Producer Dil Raju spoke about the failer of the film in an interview with a Telugu YouTube channel, “2017 was the best year of my career, as I had many highly profitable outings including Nenu Local, Shatamanam Bhavati, and Middle Class Abbayi,” recalled Dil Raju. “There are only four or five films out of my 50 production ventures, that turned out bad financially. Recently, Shaakuntalam came as the biggest jerk in my 25-year-long film career,”.

Shaakuntalam suffered a total of Rs 20 crore loss, the project is based on Kavi Kalidasa’s legendary play Abhijnana Shakuntalam. Malayalam actor Dev Mohan made his Telugu cinema debut by playing the role of King Dushyanta in the film, which featured Sachin Khedekar, Mohan Babu, Aditi Balan, Ananya Nagalla, Prakash Raj, Gautami, Menaka, Kabir Bedi, and baby Allu Arha, in the supporting roles.