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Confirmed: Keerthy Suresh to play Savitri in Mahanati

Keerthy Suresh, the rising star of Tamil cinema, has landed an opportunity to portray the legendary South superstar Savitri in the upcoming film Mahanati.

Earlier to this, reports suggested that actors Vidya Balan, Nithya Menen and Anushka Shetty were likely to grab the offer.

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"We have been talks with Keerthy, but she's mostly likely to be part of the project. She's currently out of town and once she's back, we will make an official announcement. We hope to finalise things with her later this week," director Nag Ashwin told IANS.

Interestingly, diva Samantha has been roped in to play a pivotal role in the film.

Speaking about the biopic, Ashwin said, "There have been countless actresses over the last 80 years in Telugu cinema but none have earned the title of Mahanati, and even today it has solely been reserved for Savitri."

Actor Savitri was born on January 4, 1936. She made her acting debut in 1950 with the Tamil-Telugu drama Samarasam.

She went on to star in several classics such as Devadasu, Missamma, Pennin Perumai, Pasa Malar, Bhale Ramudu, Mayabazaar, Kalathur Kannama and Gundamma Katha.

With Mahanati, the director feels to revisit time and bring back vivid memories of the legend on screen.