List of accolades received by Mahanati explained

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Keerthy Suresh won several awards for her role as Savitri.
Total number of awards and nominations
References

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.[1] 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)Result
Edison Awards17 February 2019Best FilmVyjayanthi Movies[2]
Best ActressKeerthy Suresh
Filmfare Awards South21 December 2019Best Film – TeluguMahanati[3] [4]
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[5] [6]
Best Film
Best ActressKeerthy Suresh
Best Supporting PerformanceSamantha
National Film Awards9 August 2019Best Feature Film in TeluguMahanati[7] [8]
Best ActressKeerthy Suresh
Best Costume DesignIndrakshi Pattanaik, Gaurang Shah, Archana Rao
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards25–28 April 2019Best ActressKeerthy Suresh[9]
Special Jury Award
Radio City Cine Awards S21 March 2019Best Heroine[10]
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[11]
Best Young Performer (Child Actor)Baby Sai Tejaswni
South Indian International Movie Awards15 August 2019Best Film (Telugu)Vyjayanthi Movies
[12] [13]
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 Suresh[14] [15]
Best Character ActorRajendra Prasad
Best FilmVyjayanthi Movies
Best Child ArtisteBaby Sai Tejaswini
Best DirectorNag Ashwin
Best Male SingerAnurag Kulkarni for "Mahanati" song
Zee Cine Awards Telugu6 January 2019Best FilmVyjayanthi Movies[16]
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

See also

References

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  2. Web site: ..::: Edison Awards :::... edisonawards.in.
  3. Web site: Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019. 20 December 2019. Filmfare.
  4. Web site: Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019. 22 December 2019. Filmfare.
  5. Web site: 2018-07-12. Padmaavat, Sanju dominate nominations at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards 2018. 2020-01-08. Firstpost.
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  9. Web site: NTFF is now entering gloriously into its 10th year! – Winners | Tamil Naadu | NTFF.
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