After Mahanati, Keerthy Suresh to play Savitri’s role once again!

Mahanati (Nadigayar Thilagam in Tamil), the biopic on legendary South Indian actress Savitri is one of the biggest hits in Telugu cinema this year. Keerthy Suresh played Savitri’s role in the movie directed by Nag Ashwin. Her performance in the movie stunned the audience and won her widespread appreciation. Keerthy will once again be playing the same role that she had immortalized. She has been approached to play Savitri’s role in the upcoming NTR biopic.

Krish is directing the movie which has NTR’s son Balakrishna enacting the titular role. Shoot for the movie is currently progressing at a brisk pace. NTR and Savitri had acted together in numerous films and so she is an indispensable character in his biopic. The makers wanted Keerthy to play the role and if reports are to be believed, she has agreed to be part of the movie.

The NTR biopic has an ensemble star cast comprising of Vidya Balan, Rana Daggubati, Sumanth, Mohan Babu, Jisshu Sengupta and others. Vidya Balan has been signed to play the part of NTR’s wife Basavatarakam. The movie is being jointly produced by Balayya, Sai Korrapati and Vishnu Induri, and the makers are planning it as a Sankaranthi release on January 9, 2019.