Why Samanta Doing Mahanati?

‘Mahanati,’ the biopic on all time great actress Savithri is under rigorous research work as director Nag Ashwin is meeting all the senior most artists from Savithri time period to make the film as authentic as possible. Meanwhile, makers have also announced Keerthy Suresh playing the lead title role while Samanta is playing the second fiddle.

On stardom calculations,  Keerthy hasn’t achieved half of what Samanta achieved in career so far. So, what made Sam to accept this unnamed character in ‘Mahanati?’

Reports say, Sam is playing a pivotal journalist role in the film from contemporary time who begins research about Savithri and film is narrated wholly from her perspective. This is where Samanta got excited because intermittently it’s her presence gives a new glamor boost to the film. Definitely, Sam’s screen time is lesser than Keerthy.