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 audience 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 most finest films ever made not to forget the impeccable acting Keerthy did donning 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 a thank you note to her fans, Keerthy posted an emotional message on social media.

 

Thank you 😊🙏 pic.twitter.com/7Qx60z18Xq

— Keerthy Suresh (@KeerthyOfficial) August 10, 2019

Celebrities have begun congratulating the actress for her new achievement:

 

Congratulations to #KeerthySuresh aka @KeerthyOfficial for winning the #NationalAward for her outstanding performance in #Savithri pic.twitter.com/LiITWFiNV2

— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) August 9, 2019

Super exciting news!! @KeerthyOfficial many congratulations to you on your #NationalAward .. you rightly deserve it.. you lived the role..so happy for you dear. This is just the first, many more to follow ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💖💖💖💖

— KhushbuSundar ❤️❤️❤️ (@khushsundar) August 9, 2019

@KeerthyOfficial congratulations on winning the national award for the best actress 🎉🎈🎊 all the best, wish you get many more awards 😊

— A.R.Murugadoss (@ARMurugadoss) August 9, 2019

 

Best compliments to National film award winners pic.twitter.com/e8eTv4r7Qm

— JanaSena Party (@JanaSenaParty) August 9, 2019

Congratulations @KeerthyOfficial on the #NationalFilmAwards ❤️
So happy for you…truly well deserved! 🤗🤗 Loved #Mahanati 👏👏👏

— Sayyeshaa (@sayyeshaa) August 10, 2019

Couldn’t be more excited about @KeerthyOfficial winning Best Actress for #Mahanati. So so well deserved! #NationalAwards

— Rajeev Masand (@RajeevMasand) August 9, 2019

Hearty congrats to all the National award winners😍loads of love and best wishes to @KeerthyOfficial @sruthihariharan

— Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) August 10, 2019

Congrats🌹 https://t.co/fT8f1ZIS8S

— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) August 9, 2019

இந்திய திரையுலகின் மிகச் சிறந்த நடிகையாக தேசிய விருது பெரும் @KeerthyOfficial க்கு என் மனம் கனிந்த பாராட்டுக்கள். நடிகையர் திலகம் சாவித்திரியை அப்படியே கண் முன் நிறுத்திய திறமையை தேசம் போற்றுவது பொருத்தமே👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/z5IH18YsMO

— Vivekh actor (@Actor_Vivek) August 10, 2019

Congrats dear nanba @KeerthyOfficial for #Mahanati best actress National award Proud moment & Hats off to Mahanathi team pic.twitter.com/FTqHLwmQHQ

— atlee (@Atlee_dir) August 9, 2019

Big congratulations on your national award @KeerthyOfficial so well deserved! ❤️ Wishing you many more laurels and accolades going forward..

— Kajal Aggarwal (@MsKajalAggarwal) August 10, 2019

Directed by Nag Ashwin, Mahanati also stars Samantha Akkineni and Vijay Deverakonda in key roles – with the former playing a journalist and the latter a photographer accompanying her. Apart from them, the film’s cast also includes Naga Chaitanya, Prakash Raj, Shalini Pandey, Krish, Mohan Babu, and others, with music by Mickey J Meyer and cinematography by Dani Sanchez-Lopez.