A lot has been said about Keerthy Suresh after she signed up to play the role of late veteran actress Savitri in her biopic, Mahanati (in Telugu) and Nadigaiyar Thilagam (in Tamil). She even got trolled on social media and people were telling her that she will never be able to pull it off. But the actress is pretty certain that once people see the film, they will appreciate her performance in it, including the ones who trolled her. The producer of the film, Priyanka Dutt of Swapna Cinemas feels that Keerthy is the perfect choice to play the role of Savitri.

Speaking about the film, director Nag Ashwin said in a statement, "Savitri had immense, diverse talent, a director, playback singer, producer and someone who loved car racing. As a race-car driver, she won trophies. There are so many such beautiful facets of this actor she deserves to be reminisced today." He also mentioned that the film is actually a celebration of the late legend's life. The producer of the film also spoke about Keerthy's performance in the film and said, "Complementing our choice of Keerthy Suresh for the titular role of Savitri, Vijaya Chamundeswari had expressed it is a huge challenge to play this big role on her young shoulders, I found many qualities in Keerthy that kind of made me feel yes, she can pull it off." (ALSO READ: Mahanati Teaser: Keerthy Suresh, Samantha and Dulquer Salmaan Bring Alive 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' in Telugu Cinema)

She added, "There were so many instances on the set that made everyone believe that Keerthy had mannerisms that bore striking similarities to Savitri’s,” she recalled. She said putting this project on the life of the legendary actor was not easy. ” It was indeed a massive task for us, in this film we have done our best to distill Savitri’s life story into two hours of quality entertainment."

Mahanati has Dulquer Salmaan playing the role of Gemini Ganesan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Vijay Devarakonda playing the role of journalists who follow the actress' life and Naga Chaitanya playing the role of his grandfather, Nageswara Rao. The teaser already looks quite promising and the film will be releasing on 9th May 2018. What are your thoughts on this? Tell us in the comments below and stay tuned with us for more.

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