“Mahanati” / Nadigaiyar Thilagam is the bilingual the biopic of the legendary actress “
Savitri
.”
Nag Ashwin
has scripted and directed the film.
Keerthy Suresh
plays Savitri in the biopic. Samantha Akkineni,
Dulquer Salmaan
,
Vijay Deverakonda
,
Naga Chaitanya
,
Mohan Babu
,
Prakash Raj
,
Shalini Pandey
,
Bhanu Priya
,
Rajendra Prasad
,
Tanikella Bharani
,
Tulasi Shivamani
,
Malavika Nair
and many others are in the star cast. Vyjayanthi Movies produced the film The music composition is by “
Mickey J Meyer
,” and Dani Sanchez-Lopez cranked the camera and the editing department is handled by
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
. After a huge expectation, the Telugu version of the film released today. It has been received well by the audiences, so far. Keerthy Suresh hasn’t acted but lived in Savitri's character. She had invested huge effort to transform herself as Savitri. She has nailed it and her expressions just rock. Dulquer Salmaan has made a bold attempt as
Gemini Ganesan
and has done his best. This is one of his unique roles. Although she was not given the titular role, Samantha played Madhuravani, the documentary filmmaker and she should be appreciated for choosing this role.