+List of accolades received by Mahanati Keerthy Suresh won several awards for her role as Savitri.AccoladesAwardWonNominated Edison Awards Filmfare Awards South Indian Film Festival of Melbourne National Film Awards Norway Film Festival Awards Radio City Cine Awards Santosham Film Awards South Indian International Movie Awards TSR -TV9 National Film Awards Zee Cine Awards Telugu Other Awards Total number of awards and nominationsReferences

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.

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. 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

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultEdison Awards17 February 2019Best FilmVyjayanthi Movies Best ActressKeerthy Suresh Filmfare Awards South21 December 2019Best Film – TeluguMahanati Best Director – TeluguNag Ashwin Best Actress – TeluguKeerthy Suresh Best Actor – TeluguDulquer Salmaan Best Actor Critics – Telugu Best Supporting Actress – TeluguSamantha Best Music Director – TeluguMickey J. Meyer Best Lyricist – TeluguSirivennela Seetharama Sastry Best Female Playback Singer – TeluguRamya Behara Indian Film Festival of Melbourne12 August 2018Equality In Cinema (Honorary Award)Mahanati Best Film Best ActressKeerthy Suresh Best Supporting PerformanceSamantha National Film Awards9 August 2019Best Feature Film in TeluguMahanati Best ActressKeerthy Suresh Best Costume DesignIndrakshi Pattanaik, Gaurang Shah, Archana Rao Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards25–28 April 2019Best ActressKeerthy Suresh Special Jury Award Radio City Cine Awards S21 March 2019Best Heroine Best FilmMahanati Best DirectorNag Ashwin Best StoryMahanati Best DialogueMahanati Best Supporting ActressSamantha Best Female SingerCharulatha Mani for "Sada Nannu" Best Supporting ActorRajendra Prasad Best Music DirectorMickey J. Meyer Santosham Film Awards29 September 2019Best Supporting ActorRajendra Prasad Best Young Performer (Child Actor)Baby Sai Tejaswni South Indian International Movie Awards15 August 2019Best Film (Telugu)Vyjayanthi Movies Best Director (Telugu)Nag Ashwin Best Actor (Telugu)Dulquer Salmaan Best Actress (Telugu)Keerthy Suresh Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)Rajendra Prasad Best Music Director (Telugu)Mickey J. Meyer Best Female Playback Singer – TeluguSunitha Upadrashta Best Lyricist (Telugu)Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Best Cinematographer (Telugu)Dani Sanclez-Lopez TSR -TV9 National Film Awards17 February 2019Best ActressKeerthy SureshBest Character ActorRajendra PrasadBest FilmVyjayanthi MoviesBest Child ArtisteBaby Sai TejaswiniBest DirectorNag AshwinBest Male SingerAnurag Kulkarni for "Mahanati" songZee Cine Awards Telugu6 January 2019Best FilmVyjayanthi Movies Best DirectorNag Ashwin Best ActressKeerthy Suresh Best Supporting ActorRajendra Prasad Best Playback Singer - MaleAnurag Kulkarni for "Mahanati" song Best Child ArtistBaby Sai Tejaswini Best MakeupMoovendran Best Costume DesignerGourang Shah Best StylistIndrakshi Pattanaik Best CrewMahanati Team - Swapna Dutt & Priyanka Dutt

Film charts

4th – IMDb 6th – iQlickMovies 7th – Karthik Keramalu, HuffPost 10 Best Films of 2018 – Sangeetha Devi Dundoo, The Hindu Top 10 Telugu Movies 2018 – Sakshi Post 25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade – Sankeertana Varma, Film Companion

See also

List of Tollywood films of 2018 Mahanati (soundtrack)

Notes

References

External links

Accolades for Mahanati at the IMDb