Samantha Ruth Prabhu pens a heartfelt note after watching Shaakuntalam for the first time: “It will forever be close to me” : Bollywood News

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is gearing up for an interesting line-up of projects and her fans can not contain their excitement. Recently, the actress watched her upcoming film Shaakuntalam and has expressed her emotions towards the film.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu pens a heartfelt note after watching Shaakuntalam for the first time: “It will forever be close to me”

The actress shared a picture of herself with the team, she writes, “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!"

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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.

Apart from this, Samantha is also 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.