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Savitri -- A Natural Actress And An Unparalleled Beauty
The life of an actress in a glamorous field like Cinema is not an easy one. Especially when it happens in a country like India, where heroes are seen as the centre of attraction for every film, it becomes even more difficult for an actress to make a mark. She would most likely be judged by her looks and fashion choices, and very less by performance or the characters she plays. Unfortunately, the stardom achieved in this fashion is short-lived, as long as the good looks remain. But one gifted actress became a household name for every Telugu person, not for her fashion sense or glamour, but for her pleasant looks, natural acting and effervescent charisma.
She is none other than Mahanati Savitri, who won many hearts from the yesteryear era in South Indian Cinema. Savitri has redefined many aspects of Telugu Films- especially the way heroines were portrayed in the films. Savitri was a feminist in her own way, by having an equal say along with the male protagonist-not by being brash and aggressive, but by being her utterly feminine self. She displayed softness as a trait of great inner strength but not as a sign of vulnerability. Her mannerisms, facial expressions, swift smile and excellent ability to get into the skin of a character is something quite admirable.
The Start Of A Stellar Movie Career
The life of Savitri is laden with a twist of hard work as well as a tinge of luck when it comes to her film career. After getting trained early in dance, she gave performances in Kala Parishat, Madras, which got her a chance in the film Samsaram. But, the seniors felt that she was too young for the role and wasn’t suitable for the film career because she was too nervous to act opposite ANR! This incident led her to become more determined to become an actress and happened to do a dance sequence in Paatala Bhairavi which was appreciated by director K.V.Reddy.
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When it came to the casting of Devadasu, many people objected to Savitri being cast for the role of Parvati. Many eyebrows were raised about her acting skills, but with the help of co-stars and crew, Savitri amazed the audience as Parvati forever. She could act as brilliant as ANR in the film and their pair became evergreen since then. But if people feel Savitri could only do such soft woman roles, it would be a grave mistake! The way in which her role in Gundamma Katha turns during the climax itself is the best example of it. She is a perfect embodiment of how a woman should be- a mix of tenderness, but again not fearing to show the aggressive side when the situation demands it! In short, Savitri became a role model for all the Telugu women for decades, with her charm and magic.
The Actress Who Could Do It All
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When Bhanumathi had to step away from the classic film Missamma opposite Sr.NTR, it was Savitri who had to replace the void. The role of Miss Mary in Missamma is definitely not a cakewalk because the actress had to be quite confident in histrionics and display tremendous control and on-screen presence. Instead of imitating Bhanumathi’s strong-willed expressions, Savitri brought a new meaning to the word dominance and to the role and the rest, as they say, was history.
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Who can forget Savitri’s mesmerizing performance as Maya Sasirekha in Mayabazar. Her expressions imitating Ghatotkacha (SVR) with a sheer masculinity coupled with a sudden surge of feminity is something fantastic to see even till date. The song Sundari Nivanti Divyaswaroopam with comedian Relangi shows the magic of Savitri’s hilarious timing as well!
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There was absolutely nothing which Savitri could not do on screen- right from romance, comedy, anger, sadness, happiness, melancholy, aggression- she did it all. The melancholic expressions of Savitri in the song Paadutha Teeyaga in Mooga Manasulu is one such perfect example. It would be interesting to know that Savitri wanted to play the role of Gowri’s (Jamuna) character in Mooga Manasulu because of its chirpiness but Athreya and Adurthi Subbarao insisted that she do the female lead instead.
The Childlike Nature Of The Mahanati
Off-screen, Savitri was quite fond of jewellery in real life and used to buy every new model which was released in Madras during those days! She saw the heights of stardom when she was paired opposite every big hero of the Telugu Film industry. But, Savitri made sure that her childlike nature was never faltered even at this regard. She was often spotted plucking guavas from trees and having her own fun time during the breaks in sets! Savitri was known to be quite friendly to her co-stars like Suryakantham and many more, even off the sets, and soon became a darling matinee idol for every Telugu film lover!
Real Life Struggle
Savitri ruled the Telugu Film Industry for nearly two decades almost like a monopoly, but after the dawn of the 70s things started to look bleak for the actress. She was given character oriented roles, and when her co-stars started opting for younger actresses, Savitri was facing a setback. Her emotional side and strained personal relationships especially with husband Gemini Ganesan took her to tougher times. She was very lonely, despite witnessing such stardom in her life. The paparazzi was after her, digging into her image about her addiction to drinking, commenting on her personal habits, which tarnished her reputation even more.
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During the days when star value reduced, and when Savitri had to do small roles for the sake of earning money- she had to attend a shooting. During the lunch break, the cast and crew were having food brought from carriages in their respective AC rooms. For people who don’t get food from home, the production department has to arrange food. The actress did not get her lunch from home. When everybody was having lunch, she sat at a corner all alone. Seeing that, the production department people started hurrying up to arrange food for her. But Savitri, being a woman with great self-respect, said she couldn’t ask them to arrange lunch for her. Observing this scene, another veteran actor Gummadi came to her and asked her whether she had lunch or not. But Savitri replied saying she wasn’t hungry. Her face was laden with sadness and an insulted look, which Gummadi could instantly catch. He called her to have lunch with him by sharing his carriage, but she held her face down saying she doesn’t want to. She said,” Voddhu Annayya!”.When a person, who was like a brother to her, requested her fervently, Savitri could not decline his request and they both had lunch together.
Later when Gummadi was having fever, Savitri went to visit him at his house. But when she reached the house, Gummadi was asleep. During his sleep, he felt his pillow being moved and after getting up he found Rs.2000 cash under his pillow (it was a huge amount those days). After knowing Savitri kept this, he called her up. She replied, “Once I took a debt of Rs.2000 from you. Despite so many days, I couldn’t repay it back. Today some producer came to me and cast me for a role and I got Rs.5000 paid for it. That is why I am able to repay it back”.
The Fall Of A Star
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Savitri faced many such troubles and spent her last days in a car shed. She was surrounded by people who tried to financially exploit her kindness and warm heart. This would come as quite a big shock to all her fans but there are bigger realities of life which should be learnt from Savitri. Handling fame is not an easy task and can get more overwhelming when it is an actress. Things get even more complicated when emotions rule the mind and loneliness starts to creep in. Many actors assume that fame is a permanent resident of their lives, but, the harsh reality steps in when it is realized that fame can leave any moment. Exactly the same situation was faced by Savitri and it led to the fall of a star.
In retrospect to her life, it is quite evident that stardom is quite difficult to handle and brings more challenges to the person than one can imagine. The art of balancing quick stardom with a peaceful personal life is achieved by very few stars.
Nevertheless, Savitri is always remembered for her immortal portrayals on screen and lives on in everybody’s heart for her mastery in celluloid. Her charming smile, graceful aura, acting brilliance can never be forgotten by any Telugu filmgoer. With the anticipated biopic Mahanati at the dawn of release, we wish to see more of the brilliant Savitri and her life, which made her so unforgettable in South Indian Cinema.
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From Mahanari Savitri over at ICP, we go to Mahanati Savithri here at ACP. After a long hiatus from phillims, we return to the Cinema star who started it all.
A legendary woman in her own right who needs no introduction to the Telugu people, our next Personality in our Continuing Series is the original doyenne of Telugu Cinema. She stood astride the southern film industries like a female colossus, and remains to this day, our most universally beloved actress. It may be hard to imagine a time before Sridevi in the cinema of the South, but the original Missamma was the Amma to all actresses since.
Background
Known by many names and given many titles, Savithri Kommareddy was born Nissankararao, Savithri in the Andhra region of the erstwhile Madras Presidency, in 1936. Her natal place was Chiravurru, Guntur District. She lost her father, Guravayya, at the tender age of 6 months, causing her mother, Subhadramma, to take her and her elder sister Maruti to live with their aunt. She thenceforth grew up in Vijayawada. Kundli software free for pc.
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Early on, she demonstrated a talent for dance, and her uncle enrolled her in classical dance and music classes.She was instructed by Guru Sishtla, Purnayya Sastry. After only a year, she excelled under his guidance, and he recognised and praised her talent.
It took less than a year under his tutelage for Savithri to become a skilled dancer. Almost all the dances she learned involved the stories from the Puranas. [6]
At age 11, she joined a theatre troupe (Arunodaya Natya Mandali) and performed all across the coastal region. After this, her family decided to take her to Chennai (then Madras), to try to make her a star. It was said that Savithri’s favourite actor was Akkineni, Nageswara Rao, and she tried to catch glimpses of him. Although initially cast alongside him for the film Samsaaram (1950), the role later went to Lakshmi Kanthamma. As fate would have it, Savithri would later star as his love interest in the all-time classic Maya Bazaar.
Nevertheless, Savithri proceeded with her career and was cast as a vamp in the movie Roopvati, and then danced in the movie Paathaala Bhairavi. It was 1952, however, that proved to be a banner year for her. She consecutively featured in Sankranthi, Palleturi Pilla (her first as the lead heroine), and Devadasu. She also was cast in a Hindi movie Bahut Din Hue and a Tamizh film Manampol Mangalyam. Originally Bhanumati was cast in Missamma, but due to differences with the producer, she left, and Savithri was cast in the title role. It would prove to be a career-defining, and indeed, industry defining part for her.
Savithri was also making an impact in Kollywood.Beyond the Tamizh version of Missamma, she was also seen in Kanyasulkam and many other movies. It was on the set of Missiamma, however, that the closeness between her and Gemini Ganesan was noticed. The entire South would eventually be blindsided when it found out Savithri secretly married Ganesan in 1952 itself. That year was a banner one in more ways than one. Interestingly, there is an anecdote wherein GG came across a star-struck Savithri. He is said to have recommended her in 1948, when she visited Gemini Studios with her mother. Ganesan apparently wrote on her picture that she was promising, if given an opportunity.
If 1952 was a banner year, 1956 was a roller coaster.She starred in numerous films (‘Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu’, ‘Mangalya Balam’, ‘Bhale Ammayilu’, ‘Thodi Kodallu’, ‘Gundamma Katha’)and received many awards. But she and the already much-married, many-fathering Gemini Ganesan finally went public about their marriage. She would give birth to a daughter that year as well. She would later have their son.
1957 represented the highwater mark, with the industry-defining Maya Bazaar. It was a movie that was Epic in every sense of the word, and would truly cement Savithri’s star on the proverbial walk of fame. From girlish glee, to feminine cleverness, to moonstruck loveliness, Savithri shone in this role like the chandamama in the song Lahiri Lahiri.
After 1963’s Narthanasala, Savithri went on to other roles. She was still making films throughout the 70s (especially in Tamizh), but began producing and directing as well. One of her movies took 5 years to produce, and is attributed to causing later monetary issues.
Despite her glistening career, fame, and fortune, Savithri died at the young age of 46. The long-suffering woman of Gundamma Katha had decided she had suffered Gemini Ganesan’s affairs long enough and walked out of the marriage. A generous person by her nature, she was defrauded by the many sycophants and parasites who had set up court around her. These same folk would abandon her later in life when she was in financial troubles.
Her biographical accounts make reference to how she drowned her sorrows in drink. Whether it was a disease or not that claimed her life at the young age of 46, it was clear that she really died of a broken heart in 1981. She had married the wrong man, trusted the wrong people, and lived out the remainder of her life in Bangalorean loneliness.
With a life-story fit for a screenplay tragedy, Savithri nevertheless set the benchmark for all actresses since.Despite her comparatively shorter life, what she achieved in cinema has yet to be exceeded, nor is likely to be. She was the first true female super-star, but more importantly, she was a truly theatre-trained talent who brought her myriad talents to the screen. As she was in her childhood drama troupe so she was in peak of life, the crowd-puller and centre of attention.
But a life such as hers should be celebrated rather than mourned. What were her achievements in reel life and real life?
Achievements
From Maya Bazaar, to Missamma, to Gundamma Katha and beyond, the impact of Savithri on the silver screen in Andhra Golden age of cinema is hard to minimise. She was the original grande dame of Telugu Cinema.
She brought a subtlety, a delicacy, and lovability, and a gravitas which is rare to detect in actors of any era (let alone this one). She remains the benchmark against which all serious actresses weigh their performances. Sridevi remains the quintessential complete actress, but Savithri is the naati who brought true Nataka in its highest form, to mass cinema.
Despite the celebrated greatness of Maya Bazaar, Savithri will forever be remembered for her title role as Missamma.
Savitri was a multi-faceted genius. She was not only an actress, but also a director, producer and writer [5]
Missamma was the role that defined her career, and in many ways, her life. She was the cultured girl in a post-Independence India, who still managed to be modern…on her own terms. She managed to demonstrate that empowerment means more than slick youtube videos or prurient and shrill protests. Rather, true empowerment was strong will, and living a meaningful life.
From starring roles at an early age to gender-empowering parts at the height of stardom, Savithri was a pioneer in Telugu Cinema. This Guntur girl managed to achieve fame in a number of industries beyond her native Andhra, and was cast in Tamizh, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema as well. She had completed her conquest of the South and had made forays in the North.
Credited with 253 films. At one point she was making a film a month!
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She received numerous awards over the course of her illustrious career. From Filmfare to Rashtrapati to Nandi, she was no stranger to the coveted accolades of her profession.
But as is the case with so many of the luminaries of Andhra, fromBalamurali Krishna to Vempati Chinna Satyam to P.Suseela, “Had she been born in other States, she would have earned much more name than what she had gained“. [5]
Rather than doing nothing and blaming people for the state of their culture, perhaps its time this state’s public take responsibility and start investing in institutions that promote culture and promote cultural icons like Savithri who became veritable institutions.
Legacy
Nata Siromani, Kalaimamani and Nadigayar Thilakam, Mahanati Savitri has to her credit several Filmfare awards, Rashtrapati award for ‘Chivaraku Migiledi’ and a permanent place in the hearts of people.
Savithri was the original lady screen legend of the Telugu Film Industry. She cast a wide shadow over the South, and appropriately, was the natural choice to even play her Missamma role in Tamizh.
Gundamma Katha was another film that was a milestone. Irrespective of the original quiet nature of her character, Savithri is practically enjoying this scene below, and the crass cat-fight that ensues. Indeed, we see how her character, Lakshmi, has become an assertive (rather than a passive or aggressive) woman, who remains cultured, but capable of defending herself and others.
Almost as interesting as the variegated roles she played on screen, was Savithri’s life off-screen. She has been the subject of many books: ‘Mahanati Savitri Venditera Samragni by Pallavi, ‘A Legendary Actress Mahanati Savitri’ by VR Murthy and ‘Savitri Jeevita Charitra’ by GVG. The latest is ‘Venditera Vishadaraagaalu’ by Pasupuleti, Ramarao.
Pop culture has itself been no stranger to celebrating the life and legacy of Mahanati Savithri. In fact, there has been recent news that a silver screen biopic is slated for production, starring Nithya Menon.
There is even a Mahanati Savitri Sahitya, Samskrutika Kalapeetham Sankshema Sangham that celebrates her life and commemorates her occasions. Her daughter is seen here, paying tribute to her mother’s life.
She is like sandalwood that spreads fragrance all around; she is like a piece of camphor that fearlessly glows in the darkness of night – said Jnanpith Awardee, eminent writer Ravuri Bharadwaj.[2]
She had the grace of the all-enduring Indian woman, but with the cool and quietly burning Shakti of a Rani, that could burn hot when required. Perhaps no role better embodied her range than Gundamma Katha, where she did precisely that. The Bharatiya Naari, like Savithri, is not someone to be take for granted!
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Truly, with the career and contribution of Mahanati Savithri, nidra leychindi mahilaa lokam.
References:
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0767800/
- http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2013-12-22/Drama-in-real-life-80115
- http://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/36972/differences-between-savitri-and-sridevi.html
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/mahanati-savitri-remembered/article8033877.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/glowing-tributes-paid-to-legendary-actor-savitri/article6730098.ece
- http://www.savithri.info