Shaakuntalam Day 6 Box Office Collection: Samantha-Gunasekhar's Fantasy Love Saga Continues To Perform Low!

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Shaakuntalam is a epic love saga of Shakuntala and Dushyanta depicted in the 'Abhignana Saakunthalam' by Kalidasa, from Mahabharatha. The mythological romantic drama was again made into a film by director Gunasekhar, who is known for making larger-than-life movies with stars and sets.

Starring Samantha in the lead role, Shakuntalam, which was made on a budget of over Rs 50 Crore, was released all over the world on April 14, to negative reviews. The movie's preview show organized by the makers had a heavy impact on its openings at the box office.

Take a look at the day-wise box-office collection of Shaakuntalam in all languages in India, here:

Day 1: Rs 2.7 Crore
Day 2: Rs 1.55 Crore
Day 3: Rs 1.4 Crore
Day 4: Rs 54 Lakh
Day 5: Rs 43 Lakh
Day 6: Rs 15 Lakh (estimated)
Total 6 Days Box Office Collection: Rs 7.79 Crore

As on April 19, the occupancy ratio of Shaakuntalam is on average at just 10.83 %, which is quite low for a new film starring Samantha in the lead role.

Shaakuntalam Cast

While Samantha is portraying the character of Shakuntala, Malayalam actor Dev Mohan is cast as Dushyanta. Sachin Khedekar played Kanva Maharishi and Mohan Babu as Durvasa Maharishi. Aditi Balan and Ananya Nagalla were seen as Priyamvada and Anasuya. Prakash Raj, Gautami, Madhoo, Kabir Bedi, Jisshu Sengupta, Kabir Duhan Singh, Varshini Sounderajan, Harish Uthaman, Subbaraju, and Aadarsh Balakrishna played crucial roles. Allu Arha played an important cameo as Prince Bharatha. She made her acting debut with Shaakuntalam.

Shaakuntalam Crew

Sekhar V Joseph cranked the camera for the film. Prawin Pudi edited, and Sai Madhav Burra penned the dialogues. Mani Sharma composed the film's entire background score and music. Neelima Guna produced the movie under the Gunaa Teamworks banners. Dil Raju is presenting the film under the Sri Venkateswara Creations banner.