Samantha Akkineni was last seen in Jaanu which released early last year. She took her own sweet time to finalize a project and very recently gave her nod to Shakuntalam which will be helmed by Gunasekhar.
The latest we hear is that Samantha is getting back to work after a long break and she will be facing the camera very soon.
The regular shooting of Shakuntalam will commence in the the last week of March and Samantha will be joining the sets right from the first schedule.
Malayalam actor Dev Mohan was roped in to to play prince Drushyanta in the mythological love drama and he will be pairing with Samantha.
Shakuntalam unit recently stated that film will get a pan-India release and the makers have allotted a big budget for the project.
Gunasekar who is directing the project is also producing it. Mani Sharma will be composing the music for the film.
Meanwhile, Samantha’s maiden Hindi web series The Family Man will be premiering on Amazon Prime Video soon.