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Brief:
Śākuntalaṃ is an award winning 2023 Sanskrit language film directed by Dushyanth Sridhar. The film has been produced by Dushyanth Sridhar and Srinivas Kannaa under Desika Daya Productions. The film is an aesthetic adaptation of Kālidāsa's Abhijñāna Śākuntalaṃ. The film stars Payal Shetty (debut) and Shubham Sahrawat (debut) in lead roles with Y.Gee Mahendran, Mohanraman, 'TV' Varadarajan, Raaghav Ranganathan and Sivakumar playing important characters. Rajkumar Bharati, great grandson of Subramania Bharathi, has composed the music, and Sai Shravanam, who was the Sound Recordist for Academy award winning Life of Pi, is the music producer for the film. Audiography is by A.S.Lakshminarayan, a two-time National Award winner. Editing is by B.Lenin, a five-time National Award winner. Make-up is by Pattanam Rasheed, another National Award winner. Costumes were designed by Lakshmi Srinath.
Salient Features:
1. The dialogues are primarily in Sanskrit (95 percent) followed by Prakrit (5 percent) while the sub-titles are in English
2. The lyrics of the songs comprise lines from
- Kālidāsa's Śākuntalaṃ, Shringara Tilakam & Shyāmalā Dandakam (in Sanskrit)
- Bhatruhari's Shringara Satakam (in Sanskrit)
- Thiruvalluvar's Thirukkural (in Tamil)
- Kshetrayya's Padam (in Telugu)
- Swati Tirunal's Padam (in Malayalam)
- Goswami Tulsidas's Ramcharitamānas (in Awadhi)
3. The hymns recited in the background are derived from Rig Veda (Surya Suktam & Sri Suktam), Krishna Yajur Veda (Narayana Suktam, Mantra Pushpam, Sri Rudram, Arghya Mantra) & Shukla Yajur Veda (Satapatha Brāmhana)
4. The dance movements are primarily based on Bharatanatyam, with minor influences of Odissi & Mohiniyattam as well. A performance in Yaksha Gana (traditional dance form in Kannada) also forms an integral part to the story line.
5. The ragas deployed in the movie are of Carnatic & Hindustani styles of classical music.
6. The architecture showcased is from four prominent dynasties of Ancient India:
- Badami, Aihole & Pattadakal (in Karnataka) depict the Chalukya Architecture (~ 6-8th century CE.)
- Tiger Cave (in Tamil Nadu) depicts the Pallava Architecture (~ 8th century CE.)
- Somanathpura (in Karnataka) depicts the Hoysala Architecture (~ 13th century CE.)
- Lepakshi (in Andhra Pradesh) depicts the Vijayanagara Architecture (~ 16th century CE.)
7. Khādi (handwoven fabric) was procured from the weavers of Gandhigram and the Crafts Council of India (for the forest and earthy colors, natural dyes of flowers, leaves and vegetables were used)
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