This week, the movie Tarla arrives on Zee5. Headlined by Huma Quereshi, the film is a biopic of one of the most famous chefs in India, Tarla Dalal. Irrespective of how it is, biopic or films of real-life personalities are a fascinating genre.
Mahanati (2018)
Talking of Savitri, the actress of talent and spunk in Telugu and Tamil, deserved a biopic, and Mahanati proved to be one. Savitri had a great career on screen but endured a troubling personal life. She suffered a lonely death as in her last days, she became extremely ill and lived in indigent circumstances, mostly because of her own making.
The Telugu film, directed by Nag Ashwin, is not a warts-and-all presentation. Instead chooses to focus on her early days struggle and how she made it as an actress. Keerthy Suresh, as Savitri, was top-rate and got the National Award. Dulquer Salman as Gemini Ganesan, husband of Savitri, was also adequate.