It is very well known to everyone that Samantha’s Shaakuntalam and Raghava Lawrence’s Rudhrudu have released today in competition. Everyone expected Samantha’s film to have the upper hand, but Rudhrudu has won the day 1 box office at the Telugu States as it opened bigger than Shaakuntalam.
It has come as a surprise to the Trade Circles that a Tamil dubbed film having good occupancy compared to Samantha and Gunasekhar’s big budget film. The team of Shaakuntalam has failed miserably to create a decent buzz around it, that’s why the film showed very low occupancy in the theaters. Both the films belong to different genres. While Shaakuntalam is a period mythological romantic drama, Rudhrudu is a complete action entertainer.
Shaakuntalam is inspired by Kalidasa’s internationally acclaimed play, Abhigyana Shakuntalam. Gunasekhar directed the film. Samantha played the lead and titular role in the film as Shakuntala. Dev Mohan played her husband, King Dushyanta. Neelima Guna and Dil Raju produced the film under the banners of Gunaa Team works and Sri Venkateswara Creations. Mani Sharma composed the music for the film. The film also marks the debut of Allu Arjun’s daughter, Allu Arha, as a child artist, who played King Bharata’s role in the film.
Rudhrudu is Raghava Lawrence’s Telugu release after a gap of more than two years. Lawrence earlier impressed the Telugu audience with his Muni and Kanchana film series. Now he is back with mass entertainer Rudhrudu. This time, Lawrence has just acted as the lead and not handled the direction. Kathiresan is the director and producer of the film.
