Mahanati is one of the movies to look forward to this year, if you are fan of South cinema. The trilingual movie, directed by Nag Ashwin, is a biopic based on the yesteryear actress Savitri and has an amazing ensemble cast to root for. Bairavaa star Keerthy Suresh is playing the role of Mahanati Savitri in the movie. Savitri was one of the very popular stars not just in the Telugu industry but even in the other languages. She had made her acting debut in the Tamil-Telugu drama Samarasam that came out in 1950.

Keerty Suresh is joined by some very popular names in the South industry who will be playing real-life personalities. So there is Dulquer Salmaan who will be Gemini Ganesan (Rekha's father who was a huge superstar) and Anushka Shetty plays Bhanumathi. The real-life couple of Samantha and Naga Chaitanya also have important roles in the movie. While Samantha plays Jamuna, Naga Chaitanya plays his own grandfather, the late Akkineni Nageswara Rao. Vijay Devarakonda, Shalini Pandey and Prakash Raj also have important roles in the movie.

While the movie had gone on floors last year, the shooting has been done on a very hush hush mode as the makers do not want the look of the actors to come out. However, what is believed to be a leaked poster art of the movie is going viral, and if it is genuine then we are shocked. The poster, as seen below, has Dulquer Salmaan and Keerthy Suresh (paired for the first time ever) replicating the pose of Savitri and Gemini Ganesan from the above movie still. Like we said before, if the poster is genuine, we can't just get over how closely Dulquer and Keerthy are resembling the personalities they are playing in the movie.

Gemini Ganesan played an important role in Savitri's life as she was considered his second wife. Many blamed his love affair with the actress that led to the decline of her career. So we are interested to see how this plays out in the movie.

In an interview with Firstpost , director Nag Ashwin spoke about his vision for the movie where he said, "With massive set pieces, the film will be unlike anything we’ve explored in Indian cinema. There have been countless actresses over the last 80 years in Telugu cinema but none have earned the title of Mahanati, and even today it has solely been reserved for Savitri."

Mahanati wa supposed to come out this March 30, however the ongoing trade strike in Tamil Nadu as well as pending VFX work has pushed the release date ahead.

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