Last two years have been a roller coaster ride for actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the industry as well as her personal life. On top of it, a range of controversies encircled her. But the actress has sailed through all of it like a champ. The actress was last seen on screens in the comedy drama Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal which hit the screens under the direction of filmmaker Vignesh Shivan with actors Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara in the lead. The entertainer opened up to negative reviews and did not do well commercially. The actress has moved on, and is now gearing up for the release of her next science fiction flick titled Yashoda. Directors Hari Shankar and Harish Narayan have directed the movie. Actors Unni Mukundan and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar will be playing vital roles in the movie.
The project which went on floors sometime back has been wrapped and is in the post production stage. Now, the production house has released the teaser of the drama on social media. Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu herself has shared the teaser. Taking to her official twitter handle the actress shared the teaser, and wrote, “Strength, willpower, & adrenaline!” Here is the teaser shared by the actress.
The one-minute odd teaser opens in a hospital where a doctor informs actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu that she is pregnant and offers her a bucket list of advice on how she should take care of herself. In parallel, we witness the actress doing everything in contrast to what the doctor tells her. From the teaser we can gather that actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is stuck inside an underground bunker science lab and is trying to make her way out.
Earlier, the storytellers of the movie had stated that Yashoda will have actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu performing high octane action sequences. As stated, we get a glimpse of the stunt portion in the teaser. Hollywood stuntman Yannick Ben has been brought on board to choreograph the action sequences. The fans of the actress are eager to watch her performing hardcore action moves. The production house is eyeing to bring the film to the theaters in the month of December as a festive release. They will be releasing the flick as a pan India venture in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and kannada. The official release date of the venture is expected to be made soon.
Apart from actors Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Unni Mukundan and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, the casting of the drama has actors Sampath Raj, Rao Ramesh, Murali Sharma, Shatru, Madhurima, Kalpika Ganesh, Divya Sripada, Priyanka Sharma, Kavya Chaulagain, Praveen Dacharam, Preethi Asrani, Rajiv Kumar Aneja, Mayank Parakh, and Ronith Grg in various other supporting roles. Music director Mani Sharma has taken care of the musical department of the entertainer. Cinematographer M. Sukumar has been behind the lens for the flick. Editor Marthand K. Venkatesh has been bestowed with the responsibility to edit the film. The project is funded by Sivalenka Krishna Prasad under his home banner house Sridevi Movies.
On the work front, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu who was last seen in Tamil in the romedy drama Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal is currently busy shooting for her next Telugu project titled Kushi under the direction of film maker Shiva Nirvana in which she will be sharing the screen space with actor Vijay Devarakonda. Apart from this venture, the actress has her Telugu flick christened Shaakuntalam helmed by director Gunasekhar in the post production shaping up for release.