Dulquer Salmaan
, the smart young actor, has been playing in the biopic of “
Savitri
.” The bilingual is titled as Nadigaiyar Thilakam in Tamil and “Mahanati” in Telugu. Dulquer plays the role of
Gemini Ganesan
.
Keerthy Suresh
plays the titular role, Savitri. Samantha Akkineni plays the reporter, from whose perception, the story is being told.
Vijay Deverakonda
, who played in
Arjun Reddy
, pairs Samantha.
Shalini Pandey
plays “
Jamuna
,” the close friend of Savitri.
Naga Chaitanya
plays
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
, his grandpa. The shooting had been wrapped up and the dubbing schedule has been going at a quick pace. For the first time, DQ dubs his voice in Telugu. He posted his dubbing schedule photos and captioned, “Don't think I've worked this hard for exams even!! Giving it my everything to dub in Telugu for the first time!” Dulquer once again proves that he is a dedicated hero!