First song from Dulquer Salmaan’s Mahanati to be released tomorrow!

The much awaited Savitri biopic ‘Mahanati’ is gearing up to hit screens on May 9. Nag Ashwin is directing this movie which has Keerthy Suresh playing the role of Savitri. Dulquer Salmaan, Samantha, Vijay Devarakonda, Naga Chaitanya, Rajendra Prasad, Mohan Babu, Shalini Pandey and Prakash Raj are also part of the cast.

Dulquer through his official social media handle has informed that the first song from the movie will be released tomorrow (April 20). Dulquer, who is making his Telugu debut, is playing Gemini Ganesan while Naga Chaitanya is said to be playing his real-life grand father Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR). Samantha and Vijay Devarakonda will be seen as journalists in the movie. The story evolves as the two set out to piece together the story of Savitri.

Mahanati traces Savitri’s life from the 1940s to 1980s and will feature those films she has acted with NT Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and other legends from the Telugu and Tamil film industry. Savitri was briefly married to actor Gemini Ganesan and the movie will also show some lesser known details about their relationship.

Mahanati is being produced by Vyjayanthi Movies. Since Savitri was popular in all the southern industries, the movie is being planned as a bilingual in Telugu anf Tamil. The Tamil version is titled as ‘Nadigayar Thilagam’. Both the versions are expected to release simultaneously on May 9.