Leading South Indian actress Samantha's upcoming pan-Indian film titled Yashoda began rolling a few days back and has now made a new big addition to the cast. Being directed by the Hari Shankar and Hareesh Narayan duo of Ambuli fame, reputed Telugu producer Sivalenka Krishna Prasad's Sridevi Movies banner revealed on Wednesday that the film will see Samantha sharing screen space with actress Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, who has been cast as a character named Madhubala Check out Varalaxmi at the Yashoda shooting spot in the video below:

Varalaxmi will be looking to prove her mettle once again with Yashoda as her last few films haven't exactly performed the way she would have hoped for. The actress, who delivered an impressive performance as the antagonist in 'Thalapathy' Vijay's 2018 box office blockbuster Sarkar, will be looking to hit the high note once again and her addition alongside Samantha will no doubt be a big boost in the film. Although the details about Varalaxmi's role in Yashoda remain unknown at this point, she will be looking to come out all guns blazing akin to some of her other performances in Tamil films like Podaa Podi, Tharai Thappattai and Vikram Vedha to name a notable few. Yashoda will be releasing in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam languages and includes Mani Sharma for the music, cinematography by Mynaa fame Sukumar, editing by Marthand K Venkatesh forming the core technical team. 

Yashoda is Samantha's next big pan-Indian film after she sometime back wrapped up Shaakuntalam, a mythological drama based on the popular Indian play Shakuntala, by classical Sanskrit author Kalidasa. The actress, who has also garnered a huge fan following in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana after starring in blockbusters like Janatha Garage, Rangasthalam, U Turn, including Jaanu, will be looking to hit the bullseye with Yashoda.