A Compelling biopic on Savitri's reel and real persona. can't praise it enough!!

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Keerthy Suresh

Dulquer Salmaan

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Nag Ashwin

Sai Madhav Burra

Padmavathi Visweswar

Biography of Savitri, an actress from South India movie industry, who ruled the industry for two decades during 50s and 60s.

Mahanati

A Compelling biopic on Savitri&apos;s reel and real persona. can&apos;t praise it enough!!

I&apos;ve never in my wildest thought would have imagined Keerthy Suresh could be a testament, her presence match on par to the late Savitri that there is not a frame in this film that doesn&apos;t feel her infection leaving a mark which will remain with you long after the cinema. It was a facepalm moment for the Keerthy Suresh critic in me while witnessing Mahanati, the star who has slogged her way through so much mediocre films, has had her fair share of significance in tinsel town doing the same roles, and bats her eyelashes to woo the bozos and incel fellas. Facepalm moment for yours truly after watching Mahanati. Total kick in the teeth!

Prep plan: Well I wanted to do my ritual of having a little booze before entering a bog-standard film with my friends. To add to the tragedy with a day left for Karnataka elections, Government had notified pubs and bars to be closed till 12th of May. Well, a U-turn to return home, i almost bailed, but stayed for the sake of Dulquer Salman. Figured, alright, let&apos;s give this &quot;cringey Keerthy Suresh&quot; a shot, stone-cold sober in Gandhinagar which is the hubspot of cinema fans across Bangalore.

The movie ended, i walked out of cinema with such a great joy of seeing a decent Telugu film after ages. Last time I felt this happy, hmm in top of my head i&apos;d say it&apos;s Gotta be &quot;Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu&quot;. Keerthy, she plays this innocent girl throughout, sometimes it feels a bit too much, kich kich, but the background music saves it. As you may be aware that the story follows Savitri&apos;s exodus from her village to Madras who dreams of making it big while her well-wishers believe that she can create waves in repertoire cinema. She then meets the Quixotic Gemini Ganeshan and her life blooms as she travels in green pastures.

Well good things come to an end so does this love story of rags to riches and riches to rags. I don&apos;t want dig more on the story as the movie plays out like a partly like a melodrama documentary. The screenplay filled with subtext provided a sort of ongoing commentary on the story that makes it much more interesting. Seeing obvious parallels with the lead actress&apos; reel and real lives collide is odd, but like the parallels between Savitri and the character she is preparing to play, it only adds depth to the story and gives us more insight into what is happening and mixes effortlessly with the central story.

Without a doubt, &quot;Mahanati&quot; is a fine piece of cinema that will captivate audiences of all kinds, whether they&apos;re looking for entertainment, time-pass or an engaging cinematic experience.

Mahanati Official Teaser

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I've never in my wildest thought would have imagined Keerthy Suresh could be a testament, her presence match on par to the late Savitri that there is not a frame in this film that doesn't feel her infection leaving a mark which will remain with you long after the cinema. It was a facepalm moment for the Keerthy Suresh critic in me while witnessing Mahanati, the star who has slogged her way through so much mediocre films, has had her fair share of significance in tinsel town doing the same roles, and bats her eyelashes to woo the bozos and incel fellas. Facepalm moment for yours truly after watching Mahanati. Total kick in the teeth!

Prep plan: Well I wanted to do my ritual of having a little booze before entering a bog-standard film with my friends. To add to the tragedy with a day left for Karnataka elections, Government had notified pubs and bars to be closed till 12th of May. Well, a U-turn to return home, i almost bailed, but stayed for the sake of Dulquer Salman. Figured, alright, let's give this "cringey Keerthy Suresh" a shot, stone-cold sober in Gandhinagar which is the hubspot of cinema fans across Bangalore.

The movie ended, i walked out of cinema with such a great joy of seeing a decent Telugu film after ages. Last time I felt this happy, hmm in top of my head i'd say it's Gotta be "Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu". Keerthy, she plays this innocent girl throughout, sometimes it feels a bit too much, kich kich, but the background music saves it. As you may be aware that the story follows Savitri's exodus from her village to Madras who dreams of making it big while her well-wishers believe that she can create waves in repertoire cinema. She then meets the Quixotic Gemini Ganeshan and her life blooms as she travels in green pastures.

Well good things come to an end so does this love story of rags to riches and riches to rags. I don't want dig more on the story as the movie plays out like a partly like a melodrama documentary. The screenplay filled with subtext provided a sort of ongoing commentary on the story that makes it much more interesting. Seeing obvious parallels with the lead actress' reel and real lives collide is odd, but like the parallels between Savitri and the character she is preparing to play, it only adds depth to the story and gives us more insight into what is happening and mixes effortlessly with the central story.

Without a doubt, "Mahanati" is a fine piece of cinema that will captivate audiences of all kinds, whether they're looking for entertainment, time-pass or an engaging cinematic experience.

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