One of the most loved movies in the recent times is Mahanati. Keerthy Suresh as Mahanati Savitri, this movie is directed by Nag Aswin. This biopic of the late actress is facing some allegations that some of the facts were blurred and portrayed in the other way.

Gemini Ganesan’s first wife’s daughter came up with serious claims that her father was shown in a very dim light. Now, actress Ramaprabha’s latest interview which is to be out yet is to create some ripples as per the promo.

In the promo video, Ramaprabha is seen answering the questions related to Savitri and her life. Ramaprabha seems to be very specific of one thing that Savitri is merely responsible for what happened in her life. She also said that nobody is to be blamed for her downfall. The full interview is to be out soon.

The much-awaited biopic of legendary actress Savitri, which titled as Mahanati released in Telugu and Tamil languages took the box office by heavy storm. In Tamil, the film titled Nadigayar Tilagam and impressed the audience. There are few scenes in the film that sparked the controversy and even received a backlash from the daughters of Gemini Ganeshan.

Gemini Ganesh married four women, Alimelu, Pushpavalli, Savitri, and Julia. He had seven daughters and one son. His first wife had four daughters, Pushpavalli blessed with two daughters and Savitri had one son and daughter. Bollywood star heroine Rekha is the daughter of Pushpavalli and Gemini Ganeshan. Even though, they didn’t stay together, but maintains a cordial relationship with each other and meet for at least once in a year. Recently, they met and the photograph of seven sisters went viral on social media.

Young tiger Jr NTR watched the film Mahanati. Jr NTR attended as the chief guest for the audio launch event and wished the entire film unit a grand success. The actor has finally watched the movie yesterday and posted his review of the movie on the social media.

#Mahanati is an experience!! No words to describe the performance given by @KeerthyOfficial as Mahanati. బహుశా సావిత్రి గారే ఆమె తో అలా చేయించారేమో .Nag Ashwin. Take a bow,for crafting the greatest tribute to our finest actress!

— Jr NTR (@tarak9999) May 11, 2018

Thank you Swapna,Priyanka & Dutt garu for bringing this film to life. Excellent performances from @dulQuer, @Samanthaprabhu2 , @TheDeverakonda &the entire cast & crew. Brilliant music from Mickey. Congratulations team #Mahanati. You deserve all the acclaim that you’re getting

— Jr NTR (@tarak9999) May 11, 2018

“Mahanati is an experience!! No words to describe the performance given by Keerthy Suresh as Mahanati. Nag Ashwin, Take a bow for crafting the greatest tribute to our finest actress! Thank you Swapna, Priyanka & Dutt garu for bringing this film to life. Excellent performances from Dulquer Salmaan, Samantha Akkineni, Vijay Deverakonda & the entire cast & crew. Brilliant music from Mickey. Congratulations team #Mahanati. You deserve all the acclaim that you’re getting!” Tweeted Jr NTR.

There are a very few real stories that are inspiring, touching and has a lot to learn. They are made into movies very rarely and when they are made right, they just stay in the hearts of people forever. Yesteryear actress Savithri, who is called as Mahanati Savithri affectionately for her acting by people. A very few know her story behind the screen and a biopic on her life is made by Swapna Cinema under the direction of Naga Ashwin who earlier made Yevade Subrahmaniam with Nani. This has got a lot of buzz and craze among moviegoers and normal people. The film features Keerthi Suresh as Mahanati Savithri and Dulquer Salman, Samantha Akkineni, Vijay Devarakonda and other in some important roles. Let’s see how it works on us as it is released into theatres today.

Story

Savitri (Keerthi Suresh) is born in Vijayawada and she is brought up by his father’s brother (Rajendra Prasad) whom she calls Nana, so dearly. She learns dance by seeing other kids without any tutor to prove that she can do when poked by his uncle. With this, her uncle start sending her to dramas and finally she ends up being an actress. What happened to her life after she became an actress and how has her life changed?

Cast and Performance

Keerthi Suresh has proved that she is the apt choice for the role of Mahanati Savithri and she has put her heart to live in the role. This movie stays forever as a milestone in her life. Dulquer Salman as Gemini Ganeshan is fantastic. Samantha Akkineni as Madhuravani, a journalist who writes a story on Mahanati is superb and her performance in climax stands out. Vijay Deverakonda as Anthony is perfect. Rajendra Prasad as KV Chowdary, uncle of Savithri is nice. Prakash Raj as Aluri Chakrapani, Krish as KV Reddy, Mohan Babu as SV Ranga Rao are perfect. All other actors did a pretty nice job in their roles.

Writing Department

This movie has no story but it has a life, the life of Mahanati Savithri which is told well with engaging screenplay and well written dialogues.

Technical Departments

Songs composed by Mickey J Meyer are superb and fantastic lyrics by Sirivennela and Ramajogaiah Sastry made them sound even better. Mickey has done fantastic work in creating background score. Cinematography by Dani Sanchez-lopez is a delight. He has created the looks of various times that happen in the movie so authentically with the color palettes he chose. His visual structure is supported very well by art department who created even a small minute detail with so much perfection. Production values of Swapna Cinema is superb.

Highlights

Keerthi Suresh as Savithri
Samantha Akkineni as Madhuravani
Music by Mickey J Meyer
Cinematography by Dani Sanchez-lopez
Art direction
Direction by Naga Ashwin

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Runtime

Verdict

As we all know, Mahanati is the life of Mahanati Savithri who is one of the legends of Telugu Cinema if not Indian cinema. This could be called as one of the very daring attempt by the team and they succeeded in portraying her life as they know. Director Nag Ashwin has done a fantastic work for this movie which is supported by producers Swapna and Priyanka Dutt. He seems to have done a lot of research and it’s not easy to make a biopic as research has to be done for every character so accurately and he has succeeded well in that and also in getting right actors and perfect crew to make his dream come alive. Even though, the movie is engaging, the runtime which is nearly three hours acts as a negative. A better short runtime could have made a lot of difference. To sum up, Mahanati is a well made tribute to Mahanati Savithri.

Legendary filmmaker K Raghavendra Rao is one of the persons who knew very well about Mahanati Savitri gaaru. However, recently KRR revealed that he was not approached to get any information about Savitri’s professional and personal life.

However, it is known that producers Swapna and Priyanka, daughters of yesteryear producer Ashwini Dutt, were very close to Raghavendra Rao since their childhood as he directed 8 films under the production banner of Vyjayanthi Movies.

They may contact him for more details about Savitri. But they didn’t approach him, which leads KRR to upset. Raghavendra Rao stated that he was really upset for the makers of the film neglecting him to enquire anything about Savitri gaaru. While speaking, he said that, “Savitri was the heroine of Pandava Vanavasam, my first film as an assistant director. I worked for numerous films with her. I didn’t know why but you haven’t approached me to ask anything about her.’

Actually, Nag Ashwin is said to have done extensive research before starting Mahanati. Savitri’s daughter Vijaya Chamundeswari and son Sathish Kumaar gave complete info about their mother from her professional life to personal life.

We all know that Keerthy Suresh is playing the role of Mahanati Savitri in the biopic of the legendary actress. Amidst huge expectations, the makers have finally released the teaser and it completely steals the show. The film is going to get released in Telugu and Tamil languages.

The film is titled as Nadigaiyar Thilagam in Tamil and it is directed by debutant filmmaker Nag Ashwin. Samantha will be seen as a journalist and Vijay as her assistant. The actress looks convincing as the legendary actress and the film are all about the filmy journey of Mahanati. The life story of Savitri shown to the audience in the journalist point of view and the teaser ended with the scene, in which Savitri post-pregnancy and the introduction of Dulquer Salmaan, who plays the role of Gemini Ganesan, the Tamil star who married Savitri.

It is a well-known fact that the Nag Ashwin is directing the biopic of legendary actress Savitri with Keerhty Suresh as the female lead. Samantha is playing the role of a journalist in it. The film has finally completed the shooting, and the team has announced it on their official Instagram page.

The movie has Vijay Devarakonda, Shalini Pandey, Prakash Raj, Rajendra Prasad, Mohan Babu and others. Dulquer Salman will be seen playing the role of Gemini Ganesh, who is the husband of Savitri. Even before the release, the movie has increased the expectations of audience and fans are eagerly waiting for its release. The movie is all set to hit the screens on May 9. Let’s see how this movie impresses the audience.

Mahanati is the title of the upcoming Telugu film that is generating a unique interest at the box office now. The film stars popular actors in the leads. Keerthy Suresh is playing the role of Mahanati Savitri in the film. Dulquer Salmaan, Prakash Raj, Vijay Devarakonda and others are playing the leads in the film. Nag Ashwin of Yevade Subrahmanyam fame is the director of the movie.

The makers are planning to release the film on 29th of March. The film unit is busy with the shoot and they need more time to complete it and get ready for the final copy. The buzz from the sources close to the film unit revealed us that the movie is going to be postponed further. Ram Charan’s Rangasthalam is also releasing on March 30th, so now the makers planning to postpone the Mahanati movie to avoid the clash. The makers are yet to finalize the date of release. More details on the same will be out soon.

Mahanati Savitri’s biopic is being made in the Telugu film industry now. Nag Ashwin is the director of the film and Keerthi Suresh is playing the on-screen Savitri. Mohan Babu, Prakash Raj, Vijay Devarakonda, Dulquer Salman, Shalini Pandey, Vikram Prabhu and others are playing the key roles in the film. Now we have come to know that Anushka Shetty is also going to be a part of the film.

Anushka Shetty is reportedly playing the role of Bhanumathi in the movie. Bhanumathi is a popular actress at the time of Savitri and she shares a good bonding with Savitri. Now Anushka is being considered for Bhanumathi role but the actress is yet to give her decision for the same. Vyjayanthi Movies banner is producing the film in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages. Ashwini Dutt is the producer of the film, and Mickey J Mayer is the music director of the film. The film is expected to release in the last week of March.

Mahanati is a prestigious film being made on the life of legendary actress Savitri. Keerthi Suresh is playing the title role in the movie and the film also stars Samantha, Vijay Devarakonda, Prakash Raj, Shalini Pandey, Krish, Tharun Bhascker and others in the lead roles.

Directed by Nag Ashwin, the film is being produced by Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The film will also feature the roles of senior NTR and ANR. In the beginning, Jr.NTR and Naga Chaitanya were approached for the roles of their grandfathers but the actors did not accept the film. As per the latest update, we have come to know that the makers are planning to remaster the old films of NTR and ANR and insert the clips in the film. The digital transformation is going to help the film a lot but it is also going to be a costly affair.

Dulquer Salman is going to be seen as Gemini Ganeshan and Mohan Babu will be seen as S.V.Ranga Rao in the movie.

The most happening love birds Naga Chaitanya and Samantha are all set to get married on October 6th this year. Chaitu and Samantha have been occupied with a number of films, and the duo is planning currently to wrap up the current commitments before marriage.

As per the latest reports, the marriage will be held for three days in Goa and the wedding rituals will be held as per Hindu and Christian traditions. It is also learnt that post marriage, Chaitu and Samantha will fly abroad for a 40-day long holiday after which they will get back to work. Chaitu already informed the makers of his next about this. Chaitu and Samantha will be back to work from the last week of November.

Naga Chaitanya is busy wrapping Yuddham Saranam in the direction of Krishna and Samantha is shooting for Ramcharan’s Rangasthalam 1985 and the biopic of Savitri. Chaitu has interesting projects lined up and he will start shooting for Chandoo Mondeti’s film after his marriage. Mythri Movie Makers will bankroll the project.

It is already known that director Nag Ashwin, popular for directing Yevade Subramanyam, is helming the biopic on legendary actor Savitri, and that it’s titled Mahanati.

Keerthy Suresh will play the popular veteran actor while her story will be narrated through the eyes of Samantha Ruth Prabhu. It is learnt that Ashwin and the team are wrapped up the pre-production work and is all set to commence regular shooting. As per the latest reports, the film will go on sets from May 10th.

To be produced by Vyjayanthi Movies, the film will be simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil. It could also be dubbed in Malayalam.

Suriya is one of the star heroes down South, and he has many commercial movies in his kitty, but he’s now said to be showing interest in playing the role of Savitri’s husband in the upcoming movie “Mahanati”.

According to reports, he has been roped into play the husband role of Savitri, which has negative shades.

Directed by Nag Ashwin, this film happens to be the biopic of legendary Telugu heroine Savitri Kommareddy, which has Keerthi Suresh wearing the shoes of the legendary actress.

The film will go on floors soon and is aiming hit to screen by the end of this year.

There were several rumours in the film industry regarding which heroine is going to play the on-screen Savitri character in Savitri biopic. The film is going to be directed by young filmmaker Nag Ashwin who made his successful debut with the film Yevade Subrahmanyam. The film is going to be produced by Swapna Dutt and Priyanka Dutt. Savitri is a versatile Telugu actress who has grabbed the title Mahanati. The film is now titled as Mahanati. Finally, the director revealed that the budding actress Keerthy Suresh is going to play Savitri in the film.

While there were rumours that Samantha is a part of the film, the director confirmed that Samantha is also a part of the film but playing another crucial role. The regular shoot of the film will begin soon.

Actress Samantha, who has disappointed her fans by not signing any Telugu film post ‘Janatha Garage’ has reportedly signed a prestigious project.

We have already reported that young director Nag Ashwin, who made a successful debut with ‘Yevade Subramanyam’ is working on the pre-production of a biopic on yesteryear actress, Mahanati Savitri. The name of short beauty Nithya Menen was earlier doing rounds as the selected one.

But, it is now almost confirmed that Samantha has come on board to step into the shoes of the late actress. Sam earlier said that she was waiting for performance oriented roles and what could be a bigger film than the silver screen adaption of Savitri’s life, which has its share of huge success on the professional front to shallows in personal life.

An announcement regarding Sam’s inclusion in the project will shortly be made. Ashwini Dutt’s daughter Priyanka Dutt will be producing this film.

JD Chakravarthy has recently married to the actress Anukriti Sharma at a private event which was attended by some of the close associates and family members of Chakri. JD Chakravarthy got in touch with Anukriti on the sets of the film Savitri. The film was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, but the inside news is that though RGV is been projected as the director of the project, it was JD Chakri who has taken care of everything about the film. On the other side, it is learnt that there is a very long kissing scene in the film which was directed by JD Chakri, and Chakri himself will be seen in the scene.

The film unit are expressing their doubts now that whether there will be this kissing scene in the final edit. As both Chakri and Anukriti have become husband and wife now, they may prefer the scene to be edited. More details about the film release would be out soon.