Something is lacking in Shakuntalam. It is just Ok. If you compare this movie with that of senior NTR movie, this falls flat.
Most of it looks half baked. It is more of technology and disney like movie. Thesoul is missing some where.
Samantha is good in the film and we do have to give it to her for making Shaakuntalam watchable. If the director had written a stronger role for Samantha – given that this story revolved around Shakuntala.
The film would have been taken several notches higher. Dev Mohan too, gave a good performance and Allu Arjun’s daughter, Allu Arha, is a delight on screen!
The first half of Shaakuntalam is quite slow. It sees Samantha in very few scenes though the movie has been projected as revolving around her.
As the audience starts watching the film, it feels like an animated children’s film with a lot of pretty animals and birds brought alive due to extensive VFX.
It is in the second half that the story picks pace and unfolds.
Gunasekhar the director has good thinking and imagination but it lacks execution. The movie looks good, but it is like the pastic flower used just for camera effect and decoration.
It has no fragrance and life.
