‘Shaakuntalam’ A Dramatic Spectacular: Review, To keep the audience entertained, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is returning with Shaakuntalam. Gunasekhar is the director of the legendary play, which is rumored to have cost 80 crores to produce. The male protagonist was played by Dev Mohan. Let’s see how the film does now that it’s premiered.
Shaakuntalam Story:
This is the love story of King Dushyant, the brilliant Vishwakarma, and Menaka’s son Shakuntala, based on Kalidasa’s Abhijnana Shakuntalam. Dushyant completely forgets about Shakuntala due to the curse of the savant Durvasa until the curse is broken and the two are reunited.
savant Vishwamitra starts his penance to come more and more important. Indra gets strained about losing his throne and sends Menaka to betray Vishwamitra. Vishwamitra and Menaka also give birth to a baby girl, but Menaka abandons the child as living people are not allowed to go to heaven. savant Kanva( Sachin Khedekar), who notices the baby near his hermitage, names her Shakuntala( Samantha) and raises her as his son.
After several times, Shakuntala comes across King Dushyant( Dev Mohan) in the timber, and within no time, both fall for each other. They marry according to the Gandharva marriage system, and latterly Shakuntala becomes pregnant. Dushyant pledges to take Shakuntala to his area after a while. After Dushyant reaches his area, he forgets Shakuntala due to the curse of savant Durvasa( Mohan Babu). The rest of the film showcases the rigors faced by Shakuntala to prove her relationship with Dusyant.
Movie Review:
In Shaakuntalam, one of the most hallowed runes by ancient Indian minstrel Kalidasa is retold on a grand scale. Whether the dreamlike terrain when Shakuntala( Samantha Ruth Prabhu) and Dushyant( Dev Mohan) love or the stark background of war sequences, the product and visual appeal have been telephoned up in a big way. The film snappily displays its CGI and action prowess when Dushyant courageously saves a vill from wild beasts, including barracuda and wolves.
The observers are also introduced to Shakuntala and Dushyant’s love story in the high dynamic range, with an uber- various timber replete with butterflies, peacocks, deer and foliage. The film doesn’t lose its grip on affectation, including in the stop- stir vitality of mythological backstories.
Plus Points:
Samantha, as Shakuntala, did her part nicely. Unexpectedly, she gets lower screen time in the alternate half, but the actress gives it all for Shaakuntalam In the emotional scenes, Samantha showed her mark. It’s really a grueling decision for a star actress to caption a mythological drama in these ultramodern times, and she deserves appreciation for this.
Dev Mohan looked fascinating and was decent in the king part. He has seductiveness and solid aesthetics which can take him to newer heights in his career. Performance wise, too, Dev Mohan was neat. Mohan Babu is superb as Sage Durvasa and the interval sequence works well with the important staging gem. The gem by Allu Arha is really one of the biggest means of this film.
One will marvel at Arha’s amazing screen presence.The little girl, however seen for a veritably short time, makes her presence felt. She mouthed tough discourses brilliantly, and Allu Arjun suckers will have a feast watching Arha on the big screen. Her presence makes a difference to this else dull film.
Minus Points:
The factual story doesn’t have further compass, and it really is n’t a great idea to make a point film grounded on this simplistic story. Indeed those who do n’t know the story can prognosticate what’s going to be over the end. The drama is largely missing and forbids you to root for the characters. The story constrains the actors’ ability to shine beyond a certain point.
Talented actors like Subba Raju, Jisshu Sengupta, Aditi Balan, Gautami, and Harish Uthaman are absolutely wasted in small bijous that do n’t have any significance. For a film that’s going to be shot on an 80 crore budget, the VFX portion should be decent if not great. But that aspect disappoints badly, and it’s shocking to see how many shots made it to final editing. The 3D interpretation can’t help the film but makes one point fritters at the inferior plates part.
The entire film seems to have been shot in an inner plant and reminds us of aged Telugu mythological flicks. Coming to the war sequences, the lower we talk, the better it would be. The story is flat throughout and the pacing is dead slow, giving it the feel of a TV diary.
Specialized Aspects:
Mani Sharma gave his stylish with the background score and songs. A few songs did well on screen, but their placement is poor. The cinematography by Shekar V Joseph is enough average. The editing could have been a lot better, and a many scenes could have been diced off. Poor product values are appropriate for a movie with this budget. To come after the director Gunasekhar, he did a poor job with the film.
His intention to tell a mythological story to the ultramodern youth is good, but his prosecution is the biggest malefactor of Shaakuntalam. The history and the way the characters are portrayed aren’t at each emotional. The drama was heavily missing, which should n’t be the case for a mythological drama. Above all, the awful VFX makes one dissociate from the proceedings. The ancient Telugu language used in a many sequences might not go well with the film’s target followership, i.e., millennials.
Verdict:
Shaakuntalam is an unimpressive mythological drama overall. The drama and feelings demanded for a cinematic viewing are missing big time. Timid VFX and bad action sequences further reduce the impact. piecemeal from a many scenes and Samantha’s honest performance, this big- budget film is a colossal disappointment. Skip it.