Samantha Ruth Prabhu's Shaakuntalam release postponed, check out new date

Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s upcoming Telugu film Shaakuntalam, which was supposed to be released in cinemas on February 17, has been postponed by a couple of months. The film’s makers on Friday confirmed that the film will now hit screens worldwide on April 14. Without revealing the exact reason for postponement, the makers unveiled a new poster with a release date. 

In Shaakuntalam, Samantha plays



the central character Shakuntala, daughter of Menaka and Viswamithra. The film, produced and directed by Gunasekhar, will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. This project marks Samantha’s maiden collaboration with Gunasekhar.

In 2020, speaking at the launch of the movie recently, Samantha said that this will be her dream project and dream role. The trailer of Shaakuntalam was released in January.