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Mahanati

2018 · 176 min

A sweeping, bittersweet rise-and-fall portrait that immerses you in old-school movie glamour before quietly breaking your heart.

Directed by
Nag Ashwin
Genres
Drama, History
Tagline
Come Be A Part of History
Overview
Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.

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Directed by
Nag Ashwin
Genres
Drama, History
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • love
  • betrayal
  • addiction
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Nag Ashwin
Written by
Sai Madhav Burra
Starring
Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vijay Deverakonda, Prakash Raj, Shalini Pandey, Mohan Babu, Krish Jagarlamudi
Music
Mickey J Meyer
Cinematography
Dani Sanchez-Lopez
Runtime
176 min
Country
India
Languages
Telugu

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