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Samantha Prabhu reacts as Shakuntalam bags ‘Best Indian Film’ award at Cannes World Film Festival
Samantha Ruth Prabhu will next be seen in Citadel India with Varun Dhawan
Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s last film Shakuntalam was recently awarded at the Cannes World Film Festival. The film won the ‘Best Indian Film’ award. Samantha has now shared the same on her Instagram handle and added a praying hands emoji to express her gratitude.
Not just at the Cannes World Film Festival, Shakuntalam won accolades at the New York International Awards as well. The mesmerizing cinematic experience brought the film recognition on the global stage. The talented actress took to her social media handle to express her heartfelt gratitude to the jury. Taking to her social media stories, Samantha had shared a picture of the awards and had written, “#Shakuntalam wins awards at the acclaimed New York International Film Awards, thanks to the jury!”
Written and directed by Gunasekhar, Shakuntalam is a mythological drama based on folklore about Shakuntala, played by Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The film will release in five languages - Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. The mythological romance drama, starring Samantha and Dev Mohan, is based on a play by Kalidasa.
Back in March, Samantha revealed that she had initially turned down Shakuntalam. However, she later admitted it was to ‘face her fears’ which had haunted her for the past three years. In an interview with TV9, Samantha shared, “The offer came to me when I had finished shooting for The Family Man 2. I had just played the character of Raji, which was different from Shakuntala in many ways. Shakuntala is a symbol of purity, innocence, grace and dignity. On the other hand, Raazi was about being gritty and real. I was not sure whether I could turn into Shakuntala at that point of time.
Samantha further mentioned that she signed the project later and decided to take it as an opportunity for herself. “In the past 3 years, I have lived in great fear. Shakuntala faced so many difficulties but she faced them all with dignity and poise. When I found out about it, I accepted the offer to face my fears. How I faced my fears in the last three years describes my growth as an actor,” she revealed.
Meanwhile, Samantha will next be seen in Citadel India opposite Varun Dhawan. She also has the romantic drama Kushi opposite Vijay Deverakonda in the pipeline.