'Mahanati' to be screened in China, heads to Shanghai International Film Festival

It has been almost a year since Telugu superstar aka Mahanati Savitri's story was portrayed on screen. The movie released on May 9 last year and was obviously one of the most loved stories of the year. The movie was a superhit with the Telugu audiences and even connected with people worldwide.

Mahanati was recently showcased at the International Film Festival of India and Melbourne Film Festival. Post that, the movie is now heading to China and will be broadcasted at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The festival will be held from June 15-24.

The movie showcased superstar Savitri's journey to rise and downfall from the viewpoint of two journalists who have been assigned the case of solving the mystery of her death. Director Nag Ashwin wrote, “Privileged to take our Savitri garu to China. Quite confident she will steal their hearts as well.. #mahanati.” (sic)

Privileged to take our Savitri garu to China. Quite confident she will steal their hearts as well.. #mahanati https://t.co/mIMivQ6Bvh

— Nag Ashwin (@nagashwin7) May 4, 2019

Mahanati featured the likes of Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, Samantha Prabhu and Vijay Deverakonda. The movie has also been shortlisted in the ‘International Panorama’ category and is reportedly the only Indian film to have the honour of being selected by the SIFF jury this year.