This is the first picture I have of #Mahanati. We started a day like today, a year ago. @nagashwin7 and I had been researching and watched a ton of South Indian classics and most of Savitri-garu’s gems. What grand shoes to fit in now by @KeerthyOfficial!
My parents watched the premiere in Hyderabad in Telegu without subtitles, at the end of Samantha’s monologue both of them held my hand. “I don’t need to understand what she’s saying, she’s expressing it through her acting and your use of layers of curtains/rain and lighting”
I met Keerthy that first day of the shoot. She came into the vintage studio followed by a huge excited crowd that blocked my view. We barely laid eyes on each other, when Nagi called action and bam! She just turned to camera and she completely embodied and personified Mahanati.
#Mahanati#NadigaiyarThilagam Since we had to have a reasonable run time a lot of lovely footage had to be edited out. But with the convenience of the internet releasing some of the deleted scenes !! The delightful Missiamma song - "Vaarayo Vennillaave" youtu.be/8Uu0365oC5c