Sakuntalaṃ (Sanskrit Language: Śakuntalā) is a Sanskrit language historical film directed by Dushyanth Sridhar, a renowned speaker, writer and researcher on Indian scriptures. It is an adaptation of Kalidasa's work Abhijnana Shakuntalam.[1][2] The film is produced by Dushyanth Sridhar and Srinivas Kannaa under Desika Daya Productions. The movie stars debutants Shubham Sahrawat and Payal Shetty in the leading roles.[3] The movie was released on 12-Aug 2022 in BookMyShow Stream OTT platform commemorating the World Sanskrit Day.
| Sakuntalam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dushyanth Sridhar |
| Produced by | Dushyanth Sridhar Srinivas Kannaa under (Desika Daya Productions) |
| Starring | Payal Vijay Shetty Shubham Jaibeer Sahrawat Y Gee Mahendra T V Varadarajan Mohanram |
| Cinematography | Magi Natesh |
| Edited by | B Lenin |
| Music by | Rajkumar Bharathi(music Director), Sai Shravanam(Music producer) |
Production company | Desika Daya Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Sanskrit |
Cast and Crew
editApart from the Director and producer, there are some key people who are associated with this film project. Rajkumar Bharati, the great-grandson of Subramania Bharathi, has composed the music while Sai Shravanam, the sound recordist of the Academy Award-winning film Life Of Pi, is the music producer for the film. Two-time National Award-winner AS Lakshminarayan has done the audiography and the editing of the film is done by five-time National Award-winner B Lenin.[4] National Award Winner Pattanam Rasheed is the makeup artist in the film. The costume designer of the film is a Chennai-based textile designer Lakshmi Srinath.[1]
- Payal Vijay Shetty as Sakuntala
- Shubham Jaibeer Sahrawat as Dushyanta
- Siri Chandrasekhar as Anasuya
- Subhaga Santhosh as Priyamvada
- Pavithra Srinivasan as Gautami
- Y Gee Mahendra as Kanva
- T V Varadarajan as Vaikhanasa
- Mohanram as Durvasa
- Renjith-Vijna as Vishwamitra-Menaka
- Sanjeev S as Sharngarava
- R Lakshminarayanan as Shardvata
- Raaghav Ranganathan as Madhavya
- C Lakshmi Kumar as Bhadrasena
- S M Sivakumar as Somarata
- Ramya Ramnarayan as Rajamata
- Maanas Chavali as Syala
- Govindasamy as Purusha
- K Balaji and K Bharathwaj as Tapasvi
- Shambhavi Jagadish as Tapasvini
- Dwarkesh Srivatsan as Raivataka
- Master Vishnu Kaushik as Bharata(Sarvadamana)
- C S Karthic Kumar as Suta
- Harish as Matali
Critical Response and Accolades
editAt the Rajasthan International Film Festival 2022 held at Jodhpur, the movie won the Special Viewers' choice award for Best Regional Feature Film.[5] Tejas Punia in Bollywoodlocha awarded 4 stars for the movie while saying, "Sridhar has made his debut movie in a very beautiful manner, no matter how many times you have read this work, you will want to watch this movie".[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Ramanujam, Srinivasa (3 November 2021). "If you can watch 'Squid Game', you can watch a Sanskrit film: Dushyanth Sridhar on 'Sakuntalam'". The Hindu.
- ^ "Dushyanth Sridhar helms a Sanskrit film based on Kalidasa's Sakuntalam - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Vijaykumar, Vaishali (27 October 2021). "Stepping up for Sanskrit on the sliver screen". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "If you happen to can watch 'Squid Recreation', you possibly can watch a Sanskrit movie: Dushyanth Sridhar on 'Sakuntalam'". Indie Times. 3 November 2021.
- ^ "RIFF | Rajasthan International Film Festival, RIFF Jaipur, Jaipur RIFF, riff 2023, 1st to 5th Feb 2023 at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan largest Film Festival in JAIPUR, JODHPUR, JAISALMER, Rajasthan, INDIA".
- ^ "गौरवशाली इतिहास की गाथा 'शाकुन्तलम' में". 17 August 2022.
External links
edit- Sakuntalam at IMDb