List of accolades received by Mahanati

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List of accolades received by Mahanati
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Keerthy Suresh won several awards for her role as Savitri.
Total number of awards and nominations [lower-alpha 1]
Totals3460
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Mahanati is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film written and directed by Nag Ashwin and produced by C. Ashwini Dutt, Swapna Dutt, and Priyanka Dutt under the banners Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film is based on the life of Indian actress Savitri, played by Keerthy Suresh while Dulquer Salmaan, in his Tollywood debut, plays the role of Gemini Ganesan. Samantha, Vijay Deverakonda, Shalini Pandey, Rajendra Prasad, Prakash Raj and Bhanupriya appear in supporting roles, while Naga Chaitanya and Mohan Babu, play guest appearances in the film. It follows Savitri's life, depicting her turbulent rise to prominence, marriage with Ganesan, and subsequent fall from grace, which is viewed from the perspective of a journalist and a photographer, played by Samantha and Deverakonda, respectively.

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Made on a budget of 25 crore (250 million), Mahanati was released on 9 May 2018 and grossed over 850 million. The film was included in The Hindu's top 20 Tollywood films of the decade. [1] The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories, with particular praise for its direction, screenplay, Keerthy's performance, music, cinematography, and editing.

At the 66th National Film Awards, Mahanati won three awards – Best Feature Film in Telugu, Best Actress, Best Costume Design. The film was nominated in nine categories at 66th Filmfare Awards South in which it won in four categories. It was nominated in ten categories each at 8th South Indian International Movie Awards and 2nd Zee Cine Awards Telugu.

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremony [lower-alpha 2] CategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Edison Awards 17 February 2019Best Film Vyjayanthi Movies Nominated [2]
Best Actress Keerthy Suresh Nominated
Filmfare Awards South 21 December 2019 Best Film – Telugu MahanatiWon [3] [4]
Best Director – Telugu Nag Ashwin Won
Best Actress – Telugu Keerthy Suresh Won
Best Actor – Telugu Dulquer Salmaan Nominated
Best Actor Critics – Telugu Won
Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Samantha Nominated
Best Music Director – Telugu Mickey J. Meyer Nominated
Best Lyricist – Telugu Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu Ramya Behara Nominated
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 12 August 2018Equality In Cinema (Honorary Award)MahanatiWon [5] [6]
Best FilmNominated
Best Actress Keerthy Suresh Nominated
Best Supporting Performance Samantha Nominated
National Film Awards 9 August 2019 Best Feature Film in Telugu MahanatiWon [7] [8]
Best Actress Keerthy Suresh Won
Best Costume Design Indrakshi Pattanaik, Gaurang Shah, Archana RaoWon
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards 25–28 April 2019Best Actress Keerthy Suresh Nominated [9]
Special Jury AwardWon
Radio City Cine Awards S2 1 March 2019Best HeroineWon [10]
Best FilmMahanatiNominated
Best Director Nag Ashwin Nominated
Best StoryMahanatiNominated
Best DialogueMahanatiNominated
Best Supporting Actress Samantha Nominated
Best Female SingerCharulatha Mani for "Sada Nannu"Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Rajendra Prasad Nominated
Best Music Director Mickey J. Meyer Nominated
Santosham Film Awards 29 September 2019 Best Supporting Actor Rajendra Prasad Won [11]
Best Young Performer (Child Actor)Baby Sai TejaswniWon
South Indian International Movie Awards 15 August 2019 Best Film (Telugu) Vyjayanthi Movies Won
[12] [13]
Best Director (Telugu) Nag Ashwin Nominated
Best Actor (Telugu) Dulquer Salmaan Nominated
Best Actress (Telugu) Keerthy Suresh Won
Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) Rajendra Prasad Won
Best Music Director (Telugu) Mickey J. Meyer Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu Sunitha Upadrashta Nominated
Best Lyricist (Telugu) Sirivennela Seetharama SastryNominated
Best Cinematographer (Telugu) Dani Sanclez-LopezNominated
TSR - TV9 National Film Awards 17 February 2019Best Actress Keerthy Suresh Won [14] [15]
Best Character Actor Rajendra Prasad Won
Best Film Vyjayanthi Movies Won
Best Child ArtisteBaby Sai TejaswiniWon
Best Director Nag Ashwin Won
Best Male Singer Anurag Kulkarni for "Mahanati" songWon
Zee Cine Awards Telugu 6 January 2019Best Film Vyjayanthi Movies Won [16]
Best Director Nag Ashwin Won
Best Actress Keerthy Suresh Won
Best Supporting Actor Rajendra Prasad Won
Best Playback Singer - Male Anurag Kulkarni for "Mahanati" songWon
Best Child ArtistBaby Sai TejaswiniWon
Best MakeupMoovendranWon
Best Costume DesignerGourang ShahWon
Best StylistIndrakshi PattanaikWon
Best CrewMahanati Team - Swapna Dutt & Priyanka DuttWon

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Notes

  1. Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
  2. Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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