Addition of Mohan Babu into the final casting of Mahanati reprising legendary artist SV Ranga Rao’s character made Savitri’s biopic much more special. Director Nag Ashwin has been really very cautious regarding progress of production and isn’t letting any stone unturned in making Mahanati a real tribute to all time greatest actress.
What we heard in latest from Mahanati production unit is Mohan Babu joined the shoot yesterday and the team is canning some really wonderful scenes involving Keerthy Suresh. To bring that unfeigned tang of black and white times when Savitri, SV Ranga Rao used to live in their given roles, Naga Ashwin decided to shoot all these Mohan Babu scenes in black and white.
They are adopting monochrome prints to yield a richer experience and offer the feel of earliest days of motion picture emphasizing the real view of cinema world in those times. As said before, Mohan Babu is playing just a cameo and not a full length role.