![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 34 | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
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.
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.
Award | Date of ceremony [lower-alpha 2] | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edison Awards | 17 February 2019 | Best Film | Vyjayanthi Movies | Nominated | [2] |
Best Actress | Keerthy Suresh | Nominated | |||
Filmfare Awards South | 21 December 2019 | Best Film – Telugu | Mahanati | Won | [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 2018 | Equality In Cinema (Honorary Award) | Mahanati | Won | [5] [6] |
Best Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Actress | Keerthy Suresh | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Performance | Samantha | Nominated | |||
National Film Awards | 9 August 2019 | Best Feature Film in Telugu | Mahanati | Won | [7] [8] |
Best Actress | Keerthy Suresh | Won | |||
Best Costume Design | Indrakshi Pattanaik, Gaurang Shah, Archana Rao | Won | |||
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards | 25–28 April 2019 | Best Actress | Keerthy Suresh | Nominated | [9] |
Special Jury Award | Won | ||||
Radio City Cine Awards S2 | 1 March 2019 | Best Heroine | Won | [10] | |
Best Film | Mahanati | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Nag Ashwin | Nominated | |||
Best Story | Mahanati | Nominated | |||
Best Dialogue | Mahanati | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Samantha | Nominated | |||
Best Female Singer | Charulatha 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 Tejaswni | Won | |||
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 Sastry | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematographer (Telugu) | Dani Sanclez-Lopez | Nominated | |||
TSR - TV9 National Film Awards | 17 February 2019 | Best Actress | Keerthy Suresh | Won | [14] [15] |
Best Character Actor | Rajendra Prasad | Won | |||
Best Film | Vyjayanthi Movies | Won | |||
Best Child Artiste | Baby Sai Tejaswini | Won | |||
Best Director | Nag Ashwin | Won | |||
Best Male Singer | Anurag Kulkarni for "Mahanati" song | Won | |||
Zee Cine Awards Telugu | 6 January 2019 | Best 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" song | Won | |||
Best Child Artist | Baby Sai Tejaswini | Won | |||
Best Makeup | Moovendran | Won | |||
Best Costume Designer | Gourang Shah | Won | |||
Best Stylist | Indrakshi Pattanaik | Won | |||
Best Crew | Mahanati Team - Swapna Dutt & Priyanka Dutt | Won | |||
Daggubati Venkatesh is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema and a few hindi films. Venkatesh debuted with the 1986 film Kaliyuga Pandavulu for which he won his first Nandi Award. In a career spanning over 35 years, he starred in many successful films, establishing himself as one of the veteran actors of Telugu cinema. Venkatesh won five Nandi Awards for Best Actor and six Filmfare Awards South in various categories.
Ramya Krishnan, also credited as Ramya Krishna is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 260 films in five languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Ramya has won several Awards.
Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, better known as Krish Jagarlamudi or Krish, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi and Tamil films. He has earned numerous accolades throughout his career including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards South.
Keerthy Suresh is an Indian actress, dancer, playback singer, philanthropist and promotional model who appears predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to a few Malayalam films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for portraying actress Savitri in the Telugu film Mahanati (2018). She has also received three SIIMA Awards, four Filmfare Award South, and four Zee Cine Awards Telugu among others for her performance in various films. She was recognised as Forbes 3 under 30 in 2021.
Malvika Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Malayalam-language films. Her notable works include Black Butterfly (2013) and Cuckoo (2014).
Deverakonda Vijay Sai, better known as Vijay Deverakonda, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award, a Nandi Award, and a SIIMA Award. Since 2018, he has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list.
Nag Ashwin Reddy is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the coming-of-age philosophical drama film Yevade Subramanyam.
Akhil Akkineni is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Born into the Akkineni family, he is the son of actors Nagarjuna and Amala. In his film career, Akkineni has earned several accolades such as two Filmfare Awards. He is also the captain of Telugu Warriors cricket team that competes in Celebrity Cricket League.
Swapna Dutt Chalasani is an Indian film producer based in Hyderabad. Swapna Dutt is the daughter of C. Ashwini Dutt, a well known Indian film producer and the founder of Vyjayanthi Movies. She began her career in film making at the age of 18 as associate producer of the movie Azad in 2000. Soon after her first project Swapna Co-Produced movies with her father under the banner of Vyjayanthi Movies and with her sister Priyanka Dutt. Both Priyanka and Swapna revived Swapna Cinema in 2014.
SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for the best acting done by an actor in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Mahesh Babu is the most nominated with 8 nominations and most awarded with four times winning the award.
Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and television presenter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed the critically acclaimed romantic comedy film Pelli Choopulu (2016), which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Screenplay – Dialogues. He later directed Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi (2018), and made his debut in a lead role with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019).
SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for best acting done by an actress in Telugu films. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011. Shruti Haasan is the most awarded with 3 times winning the award and Samantha Ruth Prabhu is the most nominated with 8 nominations.
Rashmika Mandanna is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Kannada films in addition to Hindi and Tamil films. She is a recipient of four SIIMA Awards and a Filmfare Award South. Her most commercially successful films include Kirik Party (2016), Anjani Putra (2017), Yajamana (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020), Bheeshma (2020), Pogaru (2021), Pushpa: The Rise (2021), and Sita Ramam (2022). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South for her performance in the Telugu romantic comedy Geetha Govindam (2018).
Mahanati is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film features Keerthy Suresh as Savitri while Dulquer Salmaan plays Savitri's husband Gemini Ganesan. The film also stars Samantha Akkineni and Vijay Deverakonda, along with Rajendra Prasad, Prakash Raj, and Bhanupriya who appear in supporting roles. Naga Chaitanya and Mohan Babu, among others, play guest appearances. The plot 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.
Shalini Pandey is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She made her acting debut in the Telugu film Arjun Reddy (2017), and has since acted in the Tamil film 100% Kadhal (2019), the Telugu films Mahanati (2018) and 118 (2019), and the Hindi film Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022). Pandey ranked 19th in Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Women List of 2017.
Vivek Sagar is an Indian music composer, record producer and playback singer who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted with the film, Pelli Choopulu (2016). Upon critical acclaim for the album garnered him his first nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu at 64th Filmfare Awards South.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress and model who has appeared predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in 2010 with Gautham Vasudev Menon's Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave. The film fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South and a Nandi Award. In 2012, Samantha featured in live action Telugu-Tamil bilingual project Eega. The film received positive reviews and was one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year, earning ₹1.15 billion globally. Her performance as a micro artist who runs a NGO and takes revenge for the murder of her lover earned her Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. In the same year, she appeared in trilingual romantic drama Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012). The film earned her praise from critics, and Samantha won her first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. Year 2012, became her most prolific award-winning year and she secured further recognition for Best Actress at the Vijay Awards, Santosham Film Awards and the CineMAA Awards.
Venkatesh Maha is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor who works in Telugu cinema. He's known for directing films such as C/o Kancharapalem (2018) and Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya (2020).