Samantha Ruth Prabhu on ‘Shaakuntalam’: We, female actors, have come a long way to find our small place in the film industry
The HinduThe team of the Telugu film Shaakuntalam, directed by Gunasekhar and produced by Neelima Guna, held a premiere recently in Hyderabad. In this interview with The Hindu days prior to the film’s nationwide release on April 14, the film’s lead actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu makes her happiness evident when she says, “It was an experience to witness the animals and the world of Shakuntala in 3D. “I ask myself if this stress will ever go away,” she says and points to the bright side, “We have come a long way to find our small place in this industry. All I want is for the film to be a box office hit so that everyone who has worked on it is happy.” Reverting to discuss Shaakuntalam, she says she had to put her best foot forward each time with grace and poise, the polar opposite of her character Raji in season two of The Family Man. My make-up artist has given up on me since it is tough to cover up those bruises when I shoot for Kushi.” Ask Samantha if this is a better space to be than doing the cliched heroine roles and she agrees, “Absolutely.