Young director Nag Ashwin took the responsibility to carve out the biopic of legendary actress Savitri which has been titled Mahanati. After couple years of hard work, the film started rolling last year and massive sets have been erected to reprise the 70s and 80s. Keerthy Suresh has been locked to reprise the legendary actress on screen and now the entire shoot of Mahanati has been wrapped up. The makers are keen on releasing the film during summer.

Samantha who is playing journalist Madhuravani wrapped up her part recently. Naga Chaitanya shot for couple of days this month and he is essaying the role of his grandfather ANR. The post-production work is going on and Mahanati has been announced for May 9th release. The film has a huge dose of VFX work and Mickey J Mayor is composing the music. Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema are the producers. Dulquer Salman, Prakash Raj, Vijay Devarakonda will be seen in other interesting roles in Mahanati.