List of accolades received by Mahanati

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.

List of accolades received by Mahanati
A picture of Keerthy Suresh during success meet of the film Mahanati.
Keerthy Suresh won several awards for her role as Savitri.
Total number of awards and nominations[a]
Totals 33 59
References

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

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Award Date of ceremony[b] 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
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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

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See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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  2. ^ "..::: Edison Awards :::." edisonawards.in.
  3. ^ "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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