People were bowled by Samantha's Hindi. It is known that Samantha is busy promoting her upcoming entertainer Shaakuntalam which is releasing on 14 April 2023. Since the film is releasing in various languages she is interacting with the media and also speaking with them in Hindi.
Samantha was spotted at a theatre in Juhu and she came out of the car and blew kisses to fans and then bowed her head to people. While interacting with the people, she said “Shaakuntalam trailer ko aap logo ne jaese support kiya hai aur ko pyaar diya hai uske liye bohut bohut shukriya. Mujhe umeed hai ki aap isi tarah mujhe aur Shaakuntalam ki team ko apne support denge aur is film ko sirf theatre mein jaake dekhenge "
She captioned "Thank you for the love Mumbai (white heart emoji)." A fan replied , "Wow you spoke so clean and neat." Samantha replied, "Yay I did (grinning face with smiling eyes emoji)." Another person said, "That Hindi though." "Wow, that’s lovely Hindi," read a comment. An Instagram user said, "Omg your Hindi is superb."
The film stars Dev Mohan in the lead and is directed by Gunasekhar. The film is based on Kalidas' Abhignana Shakuntalam.