The era of the legendary actress Savitri ended way back during the black and white era but little did anyone expect she would make the current generation star heroes turn their faces red with embarrassment at the box office. Well, we are talking about ‘Mahanati’, the biopic on Savitri and its box office performance.

As per the latest reports, ‘Mahanati’ has clocked a record breaking amount during the first weekend. In this process, it has beaten ‘Bharat Ane Nenu’ featuring superstar Mahesh Babu and ‘Naa Peru Surya’ featuring stylish star Allu Arjun. ‘Mahanati’ is getting a super positive response across all the A-centre audience.

Now, the film has started getting repeat audience as many are finding it very haunting. Meanwhile, many top heroes and other star personalities are surprised as to how a movie can beat the most preferred genre of commercial potboilers and go ahead by miles. Well, it is once again proved that when the right content is there, the Telugu audience patronize it without a second thought.