After 6 years, director Gunasekhar announced his new movie Shakuntalam with Samantha playing the titular role. The film is a mythological drama that explores the relationship between Shakuntala and Dushyanta. It is a love story with a lot of interesting elements. The pre-production works are already in progress. However, the film unit is yet to finalize the male lead of the project.
Shakuntalam is a female-centric film, but there will be a male lead as well. Since the film will mostly revolve around Samantha’s character, Gunasekhar is reportedly unable to find the right hero for the project. The buzz is that Gunasekhar already approached a few actors that he shares a cordial relationship, but all of them declined his proposal politely. With no other option left, Gunasekhar is now looking at getting an actor from another language to play Dushyanta. The director is already in talks with a couple of actors, and more details on the same will come out soon. Neelima Guna is the film’s producer. Mani Sharma is the music director of the film.
