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Shaakuntalam Movie Review

Name: Shaakuntalam Movie Review
Item: Shaakuntalam
Rating: 2
Author: Smitha Joseph

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Review for the film " Shaakuntalam"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 02 Hour 29 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 14-04-2023

OTT Release: 11-05-2023

Genre: Historical, Drama

Similar To: Dhootha Season 2, My Dear Donga, Maisamma 2, Kalakeya Vs Katravalli

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CAST & CREW

Neeta Lulla

Kannan Ganpat

Aditi Balan

Ananya Nagalla

Gautami Tadimalla

Madhoo

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Allu Arha

Dev Mohan

Harish Uthaman

Jisshu Sengupta

Kabir Bedi

Kabir Duhan Singh

Mohan Babu

Prakash Raj

Sachin Khedekar

Subbaraju

Mani Sharma

Sadhana Singh

Sai Madhav Burra

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Producer:

Kommineni Venkateswara Rao

Dil Raju

Neelima Guna

Choreographer:

Raju Sundaram

Cinematographer:

Sekhar V Joseph

Editor:

Prawin Pudi

Director:

Gunasekhar

Singer:

Subhodip Sarkar

Sathya Prakash

Sid Sriram

Rachit Jadoun

Kabilan

Chaitanya Prasad

Shreya Ghoshal

Shweta Mohan

Armaan Malik

Anurag Kulkarni

Najim Arshad

Prashant Ingole

Naresh Iyer

Sound Designer:

Bishwadeep Chatterjee

Dialogue Writer:

Sai Madhav Burra

Makeup Artist:

Sadhana Singh

Music Composer:

Mani Sharma

Actor:

Mohan Babu

Kabir Duhan Singh

Kabir Bedi

Jisshu Sengupta

Subbaraju

Dev Mohan

Allu Arha

Sachin Khedekar

Prakash Raj

Harish Uthaman

Actress:

Madhoo

Ananya Nagalla

Gautami Tadimalla

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Aditi Balan

Re-Recording Mixer:

Kannan Ganpat

Creative Designer:

Neeta Lulla

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Plot

Shakuntala is the adopted daughter of Rishi Kanva. She falls in love with Dushyanata, the king of Puru Dynasty.She confesses her love to him at Kanva’s hermitage and marries him. The king leaves for his kingdom, promising his wife that he will soon send a suitable guard to escort her to his place. In the climax, the sage Durvasha curses Shakunatala, and Dushyanta forgets everything about her. Shakuntala gets pregnant but has no place in her husband’s memory. Eventually, the concession of the curse comes to light and the family reunites again.

Star Performance

Samantha played the role of Shakuntala well. She gave life to the character and the story. Playing the role of a woman from mythological times is appreciable. Dev Mohan’s performance could have been much better. After his debut in Sufiyum Sujatayum, his fans expected much more from him. Other actors in the movie were playing along.

Analysis

The movie is an experiment by the makers which somewhere is a failure. However, the movie also has some satisfied audience. The characters in the film are missing the essence. It is a love story but, the love and chemistry shown is not that deep and emotional. The VFX has minor flaws. The only thing the film has is Samantha’s performance, and She has been given less screen time in the second half. The climax scene of Rishi Durvasha is a little effective and has impressed the audience.

What’s there?

Samantha’s delivery of emotions without lines.
Strong scene of Durvasha’s anger

What’s not there?

VFX could have been better
Bond between the main stars is missing
Attention to detail is missing

Verdict

The making is not up to mark. There were a bit more expectations from the movie. If you want to watch something mythological, you can go for it, otherwise there are plenty of other films to watch.