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Shakuntala (1966)

Shakuntala poster
Directed by
Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao
Country
India

How it feels

A king falls in love with a sacred maiden in a forest hermitage. Their marriage is tested by a curse that makes him forget her entirely.

epicromanticdramaticmythologicalmusicalvisually grandtragicpoetic

What happens

Sakunthala is a 1966 Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao and B. Saroja Devi, with music composed by Ghantasala. It is produced by Lakshmi Rajyam and Sridhar Rao under the Rajyam Productions banner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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