Yesteryear actress Savitri’s biopic got released in the year 2018. Directed by Nag Ashwin, it was bankrolled by Vyjayanthi Movies. Now, Ashwini Dutt who bankrolled the project has opened up the backstory as to how the biopic on Savitri was made.
Ashwini Dutt says that it was his wife who once happened to attend a small kitty-party. The tradition was that after the party, people would go to a small section to have a good read, IT so happened that a book from behind fell instead of the other book as she pulled. And the book was on Savitri.
He says that he felt that as if it was a sign that told them to make a film on Savitri. He then told Na Ashwin who was also interested and thus Mahanati happened. The film is remembered for it authenticity and how true it remained in depicting Savitri.