Keerthy Suresh
, who was just seen as a template heroine, had become the most sought heroine, after working in “Mahanati” \ Nadigaiyar Thilagam, the bilingual biopic on “
Savitri
.” The market of the actress will be further hyped up if the biopic makes a super hit. The film has
Dulquer Salmaan
as
Gemini Ganesan
. Samantha Akkineni plays the documentary filmmaker Madhuravani and
Vijay Deverakonda
pairs her.
Shalini Pandey
plays Savitri’s friend, “
Jamuna
.” The film has been certified as U by the censor board. “
Mickey J Meyer
” composed the music. With the makeup and the costumes, the team converted Keerthy to Savitri. The costumes were designed and made by more than hundred people, stated a source close to the Mahanati team. Mahanati, the Telugu version releases on 9th May and the Tamil version releases on 11th May.