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Directed by: Gunasekhar

Written by: Sai Madhav Burra, Gunasekhar, Naresh Namdev

Starring by: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Dev Mohan, Mohan Babu

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Country: India

Language: Telugu

Sage Vishwamitra starts his penance to become more and more powerful. Indra gets tensed about losing his throne and sends Menaka to seduce Vishwamitra. Vishwamitra and Menaka then give birth to a baby girl but Menaka abandons the child as a living human being is not allowed in heaven. Sage Kanva, who notices the baby near his hermitage, names her Shakuntala and raises her as his daughter. After several years, Shakuntala comes across King Dushyant in the forest, and within no time, both fall for each other. They marry according to the Gandharva marriage system, and later Shakuntala becomes pregnant.

Shaakuntalam (2023)