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Photo Story: When Savitri Became 'Mahanati'
By: Tupaki Desk | 14 May 2018 10:58 AM GMT
Savitri life has been shown on screen by Nag Ashwin and his team in a more dramatic manner in the movie, Mahanati.
While, there are many actresses in Telugu and in India, why did only she got the honour, well, conferring her great acting skills, Andhra Mahila Sabha in 1964, in Hyderabad gave her that title.
She along with her husband, Gemini Ganeshan came to Ravindra Bharathi in Hyderabad and they both rode on Elephant from one area till Ravindra Bharathi.
This kind of felicitation did not happen to any other actress or actor. In Telugu culture, making a person ride on Elephant is seen as highest honour and Savitri enjoyed it during the peak of her popularity.
If you watched the movie, you could have noticed the episode and how, that resulted in ego clash between the couple.
Well, the team created it by taking inspiration from this picture.
While, there are many actresses in Telugu and in India, why did only she got the honour, well, conferring her great acting skills, Andhra Mahila Sabha in 1964, in Hyderabad gave her that title.
She along with her husband, Gemini Ganeshan came to Ravindra Bharathi in Hyderabad and they both rode on Elephant from one area till Ravindra Bharathi.
This kind of felicitation did not happen to any other actress or actor. In Telugu culture, making a person ride on Elephant is seen as highest honour and Savitri enjoyed it during the peak of her popularity.
If you watched the movie, you could have noticed the episode and how, that resulted in ego clash between the couple.
Well, the team created it by taking inspiration from this picture.
