One of the most exciting upcoming projects this year, 'Mahanati', a biopic on actress Savithri, is a star-studded movie with Keerthy Suresh in the lead, Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Jamuna, Dulquer Salmaan as Gemini Ganesh. Vijay Devarakonda, and Shalini Pandey. Just when we thought the list could not get bigger, Anushka Shetty has reportedly joined the film.
According to reports, Shetty has been roped in to play 'Bhanumathi', one of Savithri's famous contemporaries. One of the most powerful actors of her time, Savithri is said to have been a superstar because of her as films rejected by her were taken up by the former. A source said, “Bhanumathi was a contemporary of Savithri and is known to have been quite competitive. Bhanumathi famously spoke about how Savithri became popular only by taking up films rejected by her. The role requires a mature performer who can carry off the veteran's egoistic attitude, which was her famous character trait.”
The film is expected to hit theatres at the end of March in Tamil and Telugu. Reports are the film will be dubbed in Malayalam.
