Yashoda (film)

It stars Samantha in the title role alongside Unni Mukundan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Sampath Raj, Rao Ramesh, Shatru and Murali Sharma.

He learns that Aarushi was advised by her friend to not promote a specific cosmetic brand, as it contains harmful chemicals that are unknown to scientists.

Vasudeva retrieves a cosmetic sample from his house and finds a connection with the death of Olivia, a deceased Hollywood actress, who was killed when she drank a drugged juice.

Yashoda becomes suspicious of Eva, as she finds that her friends, Kajal and Leela, went missing after suffering from labor pains and undergoing surgery.

Madhubala reveals that she was suffering from a disease, which resulted in her losing her beauty and causes aging, but Gautham helped her by developing a drug that cured her illness.

The duo reveals that the plasma in the fetus is the secret ingredient used for the invention of the drug, and they hire poor women to become surrogate mothers, by paying them.

After making them pregnant, inducing fake labor pains, and performing C-Section they remove the fetus, discreetly kill the woman, and retrieve the plasma.

At Eva, Yashoda finds that the facility is situated in a forest, and manages to escape through the emergency exit, but is knocked by Gautham, who brings her back.

A fight ensues, where Yashoda defeats the goons and Gautham but gets hit in the stomach, resulting in the death of her unborn baby.

Actress Samantha signed a Telugu-Tamil bilingual film in October 2021, directed by the duo Hari Shankar and Harish Narayan under the production of Sridevi Movies.

[13] All music is composed by Mani SharmaYashoda was initially scheduled to release on 12 August 2022, coinciding with Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan.

[5][18] The film was premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 9 December 2022 in Telugu along with dubbed versions of Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam languages.

"[23] Priyanka Sundar of Firstpost rated the film 2.75 out of 5 stars and wrote "Samantha is brilliant in Yashoda that falters in effectively landing its shocking twists and turns".

[25] Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Yashoda has quite a few loose ends as it draws to a close, leaving the viewer dissatisfied".

[26] Sudhir Srinivasan of Cinema Express rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Fascinating ideas don't translate into exciting storytelling in this Samantha-led actioner".

"[28] Arvind V of Pinkvilla rated the film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "Mollywood actor Unni Mukundan is likely to become a sought-after name in Telugu cinema after this.

"[29] Haricharan Pudipeddi of Hindustan Times wrote "The production design deserves a special mention since most of the story unfolds inside a large facility and the setwork is commendable.