The much talked about biopic of legendary actress Savithri coming up in Telugu and Tamil as ‘Mahanati’ is getting big with each day. Undertaken as a dream project by director Nag Ashwin and Vyjayanthi Movies banner, latest we heard from production sources is ‘Mahanati’ isn’t just a heroine centric flick. It’s much bigger with so many star artists going to join the project at appropriate time.
Although, Nithya Menon’s name is primarily heard as lead heroine for title role but either Nag Ashwin or the producers have locked same officially. Savithri’s life story had many shades and different lessons exposing the brighter and darker sides in film industry and also the surrounding world.
‘Mahanati’ will be an ambitious project to be made on a very high budget with all the lead characters to be populated with familiar artists. Currently, the unit is busy with intensive pre production works. Let’s see, what Nag Ashwin delivers with his second as his first ‘Yevade Subramanyam’ got him a rare recognition.