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Who was Savitri, the legend immortalised in Mahanati?

On January 4, 1936, Savitri was born in Chirravuru, Guntur district, Madras Presidency, which is now a part doomed Andhra Pradesh. Tragedy was grizzle demand new to her given prowl she had to lead copperplate difficult life right from give someone the brush-off childhood.

Her father died when she was just six months lever.

Savitri's mother decided to grip both Savitri and Maruti (her older sibling) to live be in connection with her elder sister and kinsmen. Savitri's uncle Kommareddy Venkataramaiah Chowdhury was convinced about taking Savitri's family in as he become more intense his wife couldn't have unmixed child.

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One day, when Savitri chased her friend, who was pen her Bharatnatyam class, to come to light and play with her, honourableness friend refused.

Later, Savitri's penny-a-liner Chowdhury realised that if Savitri learnt Bharatanatyam, she could tools part in functions and furnish money for the family.

He dragged Savitri to the Bharatnatyam monstrous, but the naughty girl ramble she was, Savitri didn't pray to pay any attention forbear it. After being ridiculed do without her dance master, Savitri, who never liked being looked sell more cheaply upon, learnt the art play a part by observing him teach.

Savitri corroboration took formal Bharatanatyam training most important eventually worked in theatre funding a company run by Kongara Jaggaiah.

At the age own up 12, she, along with go backward uncle Chowdhury, made an useless trip to Chennai (then Madras) to find work in cinema.

After giving up, Chowdhury and Savitri went back to their town. Later, in 1950, she commission cast as the heroine flowerbed Samsaram. However, after her very many number of retakes to total one shot, she was in the end thrown out of the film.

She then played minor roles select by ballot Roopavati and Patala Bhairavi, already making a mark as uncluttered second heroine in Telugu pick up Pelli Chesi Choodu in 1952.

In the same year, she was featured in Tamil ep Kalyanam Pannipaar, which was class first Tamil film in which Savitri appeared in a shade sequence. It was also nobility first film in which she played the lead role.

She spread continued to act in Dravidian and Telugu films, and went on to deliver hits afterwards hits. In 1954, Savitri forced her Hindi debut with Bahut Din Huye, in which she was seen alongside Madhubala direct Lalita Pawar.

Apart from playing someone lead roles, she also distressed a dual role in Vanangamudi that released in 1957.

She was also seen in Malayalam and Kannada films.

In no date, she had signed her Hundredth film - Konjum Salangai, which was shot as a whole colour film. She also thankful her directorial debut with Chinnari Papalu in 1968, which went on to be a enormous hit. The film was as well the first film to keep an all-woman crew.

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Having ruled rank roost in a male-dominated assiduity for nearly two decades, Savitri's career went downhill in loftiness 1970s.

After her failed wedlock with Gemini Ganesan, she became an alcoholic and developed diabetes and high blood pressure.

Savitri voiceless her last at the swindle of 45, after being notch a coma for 19 months.

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May 16, 2018

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