Samantha’s Shaakuntalam was released recently and failed to live up to the expectations of many. The film emerged as a big disaster and brought great agony to Gunasekhar and co. who put in years of hard work behind this historical drama. Shaakuntalam failed to create any buzz before its release and right from the trailer release, there was heavy criticism of the style of filmmaking and visual effects.

Once the movie was released, the box-office performance brought great shock to Gunasekhar as well as Dil Raju who bought the theatrical rights of the film.