Shalini Pandey
, the
Arjun Reddy
actress, plays Susheela in “Mahanati” / Nadigaiyar Thilagam. Susheela is the childhood friend of “Savitri,” the legendary actress.
Kajal Aggarwal
released the posters of Shalini Pandey and
Malavika Nair
. Malavika plays Alamelu, the first wife of
Gemini Ganesan
. Kajal shared the photos and captioned it as, “This is the story of a woman, narrated by a woman and produced by two women! Cheers to #girlpower And Here’s presenting the two most important women in Savitri’s life #mahanationmay9.”
Keerthy Suresh
plays Savitri and
Dulquer Salmaan
plays Gemini Ganesan. Samantha Akkineni plays Madhuravani, a documentary filmmaker and
Vijay Deverakonda
pairs her. SV Ranga Rao role is played by
Mohan Babu
and
Naga Chaitanya
plays
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
.
Nag Ashwin
directed the film and Vyjayanthi Films bankrolls the film. The film is all set to hit the screens on 9th May and the Tamil version will be released on 11th May.