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
editAward | Date of ceremony[b] | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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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 |
Film charts
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
References
edit- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (2019-12-16). "From 'Ye Maya Chesave' to 'Jersey': 20 films that defined Telugu cinema in the last decade". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "..::: Edison Awards :::." edisonawards.in.
- ^ "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Padmaavat, Sanju dominate nominations at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards 2018". Firstpost. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ "IFFM 2018 winners list: Sanju wins Best Film award; Rani Mukerji, Manoj Bajpayee named Best Actors". Firstpost. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ "66th National Film Awards: Full winners list". India Today. Ist.
- ^ "Keerthy Suresh on her Indian National Award: 'This is just the beginning'". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "NTFF is now entering gloriously into its 10th year! – Winners | Tamil Naadu | NTFF".
- ^ "Ram Charan, Keerthy Suresh, Sukumar, crowned as winners of City Cine Awards Telugu Season 2". Mid day. 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- ^ "Shriya Saran, Jayam Ravi and other celebs get spotted at an awards show; See pics". PINKVILLA. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ "SIIMA Awards 2019: Here's a complete list of nominees". The Times of India. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "SIIMA 2019 winners full list: Dhanush, Trisha, Prithviraj win big". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Hyderabadi360, Team (2019-02-15). "TSR Awards in 2019 for 2018 & 2019 | TSR Awards Complete List | Rangastalam Ramcharan , Mahanati Keerthi Suresh". HYDERABADI360. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Balakrishna, Nagarjuna and Keerthy Suresh among TSR-TV9 film award winners". The News Minute. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Tollywood's first and biggest Awards event of the Year on Zee Telugu". Zee News. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ "IMDb top Indian movies 2018: Ayushmann Khurrana's AndhaDhun tops list, beats Stree, Padman and Sanju". The Financial Express. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ Movies, iQlik. "Recap 2018: Top 10 Blockbuster Movies". iQlikmovies. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "10 Telugu Films You Need To Watch Right Now". HuffPost. 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (2018-12-28). "10 Telugu films from 2018 that you shouldn't miss". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Top 10 Telugu movies 2018". Sakshi Post. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade | Film Companion". www.filmcompanion.in. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
External links
edit- Accolades for Mahanati at the IMDb