Keerthy Suresh has proved her mettle as an actress in the recently released Savitri biopic Mahanati (Nadigaiyar Thilagam in Tamil) where the actress played the late superstar with such grace. With critics and audiences lauding her performance, it’s clear that the actress has finally shed her cute-girl image and has embraced a more mature persona on screen.

Keerthy Suresh’s ‘Mahanati’ completed a year in cinema and even today it is one of the finest films ever made not to forget the impeccable acting Keerthy did don the role of superstar Savithri. She was unstoppable as an actress ever since but her roles were not quite as charming as ‘Mahanati’. The actress has now won a National Award as the best actress for her excellent performance in the biopic.

As Keerthy has joined the first schedule of Thalaivar 168, the team celebrated her National Film Awards winning. The celebrations began with a cake cutting:

 

 

 

 

Team #Thalaivar168 congratulates @KeerthyOfficial for winning the National Award for Best Actress.#66thnationalfilmawards pic.twitter.com/z93EQ22fST

— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) December 25, 2019

On the professional front, Keerthy has a huge bunch of films releasing in the next two years. Maidaan alongside Ajay Devgn, Penguin produced by Karthik Subbaraj, Miss India and Marrakkar starring Mohanlal apart from her huge film Thalaivar 168 starring Rajinikanth, Meena, Khushbu directed by Siruthai Siva. She was so short on dates that she had to drop out of Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan to join superstar’s film.

While Superstar Rajinikanth has Darbar alongside Nayanthara releasing this Pongal while he has begun the first schedule of his next untitled film directed by Siruthai Siva also starring Soori, Prakash Raj, Meena, and Khushbu.