The Telugu version of “
Savitri
” biopic “Mahanati” released yesterday. The Tamil version will release tomorrow. The film has
Keerthy Suresh
as “Savitri” and
Dulquer Salmaan
as
Gemini Ganesan
. Samantha Akkineni and
Vijay Deverakonda
play journalists. The film directed by
Nag Ashwin
has been collecting well at the box office in Telugu states and the overseas locations. It is heard that Mahanati collected $303,456 from the premiere shows at the US box office.
Allu Arjun
movie Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India collected $202,189. Besides overtaking Allu Arjun starrer, this woman-centric film has been gearing up to create a huge record. It is heard that this is the huge amount for a women-centric film and even some of the star heroes’ films hadn’t achieved this. Keerthy Suresh’s performance has been receiving appreciation all over and “Baahubali” director “S S Rajamouli,” said that Keerthy hadn’t imitated Savitri but lived as her.