It was earlier reported that Keerthy Suresh will be playing the titular role in the biopic of legendary actress Savithri. On Women’s Day, an official announcement regarding the director Nag Ashwin’s biopic was out with a special poster. Samantha plays an important role in the movie and the story is expected to be told through her point of view. The rest of the cast and crew are expected to be announced in the coming days. The biopic is made as a bilingual and has been titled Mahanati in Telugu. The Tamil version is yet to be titled.