Madhuravani, a stuttering journalist, and Vijay Anthony, a photographer, are appointed to write an article about her situation. The incident receives media attention but Savitri's initial life and whereabouts remain unknown to the public. She is hospitalized, spending a year in a coma. In 1980, Bangalore, a popular yesteryear actress Nissankara Savitri is found unconscious by her son.

Mahanati was screened at the International Film Festival of India, the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. The film also won four Filmfare Awards South including Best Film and Best Actress in Telugu category.

The film won three awards at the 66th National Film Awards, namely, Best Feature Film in Telugu, Best Actress for Keerthy and Best Costume Design. Budgeted at ₹25 crore, the film grossed ₹83 crore worldwide and became the highest-grossing female-centric South Indian film. Mahanati received critical acclaim for Keerthy's performance as Savitri and Ashwin's screenplay and direction. The pride of actresses) and in Malayalam on the same day as Mahanadi ( transl. Mahanati is released theatrically on while its dubbed versions in Tamil released on, with the title Nadigaiyar Thilagam ( transl. The film features the score and soundtrack composed by Mickey J. Dani Sanchez-Lopez performed the cinematography while Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao edited the film.

Its principal photography began in May 2017 and ended in March 2018 with filming taking place in Hyderabad, Palakollu, Bangalore, Chennai, Mysore, and Delhi. The plot follows Savitri's life, depicting her turbulent rise to prominence, marriage with Ganesan, and subsequent fall from grace, which is viewed from the perspective of a journalist and a photographer, played by Samantha and Deverakonda respectively.Īshwin began working on the biopic of Savitri following the release of his directorial debut Yevade Subramanyam (2015). Naga Chaitanya and Mohan Babu, among others, play guest appearances. The film also stars Samantha Akkineni and Vijay Deverakonda, along with Rajendra Prasad, Prakash Raj, and Bhanupriya who appear in supporting roles. The film features Keerthy Suresh as Savitri while Dulquer Salmaan (in his Telugu debut) plays Savitri's husband Gemini Ganesan. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The great actress) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri.

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