Shaakuntalam USA Premieres Collections: Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan starrer much hyped movie Shaakuntalam, has finally arrived at the theaters today on 14th April. The film was received very well by audience. Some fans, who watched the movie, described the film as ‘mind blowing’. Shaakunatalam had its premiere on 13th April and now according to the latest report, Samantha starrer has collected $50K+ from its USA premiers. The makers of Shaakuntalam confirmed the same by releasing a new poster on Twitter.
In Shaakuntalam, Samantha is playing the central character Shakuntala, the daughter of apsara Menaka and Viswamithra. The film, produced and directed by Gunasekhar, also released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada on Friday. This project marks Samantha Ruth Prabhu’ maiden collaboration with director Gunasekhar who is best known for his directorial venture Rudhramadevi.
Recently Rangasthalam lady Samantha described her role in Shaakuntalam as the closest she could get to her dream of playing a ‘Disney princess’. After watching Gunasekhar’ magnum opus in a private screening with director and producer Dil Raju, Samantha had tweeted, “And I finally watched the movie today! Gunasekhar garu.. you have my heart. What a beautiful movie! One of our greatest epics brought to life so endearingly and I can’t wait for our family movie lovers to be swept away by the powerful emotions!.