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-'''Savitri Ganesan''' (born '''Nissankara Savitri''', 6 December 1935 – 26 December 1981) was an Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer known for her works primarily in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] cinema. She had also worked in [[Kannada]], [[Hindi]] and [[Malayalam]] films. Reputed as the first female superstar of South Indian film industry, she starred in more than 250 films over three decades. She was the one of the highest-paid and most popular Indian actresses of the 1950's and 60's. She is often referred as "Mahanati" and "Nadigaiyar Thilagam".<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2013-12-22/Drama-in-real-life-80115|title=Drama In Real Life|last=Kalyanam|first=Rajesshwari|date=22 December 2013|website=The Hans India|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
+'''Savitri Ganesan''' (born '''Nissankara Savitri''', 6 December 1935 – 26 December 1981) was an Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer known for her works primarily in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] cinema. She had also worked in [[Kannada]], [[Hindi]] and [[Malayalam]] films. Reputed as the first female superstar of South Indian film industry, she starred in more than 250 films over three decades. She was the one of the highest-paid and most popular Indian actresses of the 1950s and 60s. She is often referred as "Mahanati" and "Nadigaiyar Thilagam".<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2013-12-22/Drama-in-real-life-80115|title=Drama In Real Life|last=Kalyanam|first=Rajesshwari|date=22 December 2013|website=The Hans India|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
 Savitri's first significant role was in the 1952 Telugu film ''[[Pelli Chesi Choodu]]''. She has starred in successful ventures such as ''[[Pathala Bhairavi]]'' (1951), ''[[Devadasu (1953 film)|Devadasu]]'' (1953) which received special mentions at [[India International Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/iffi.asp |title=::Directorate Of Film Festivals:: |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528092902/http://www.dff.nic.in/iffi.asp |archive-date=28 May 2015 }}</ref><ref name="4thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/4th_Nff.pdf|title=4th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=33IIFA.pdf |title=33rd International Film Festival of India |year=2002 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223151140/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm33IIFAAward.aspx?PdfName=33IIFA.pdf |archive-date=23 December 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 December 2017 }}</ref> ''[[Donga Ramudu (1955 film)|Donga Ramudu]]'' (1955), ''[[Mayabazar]]'' (1957), and ''[[Nartanasala]]'' (1963), featured at the Afro-Asian film festival in [[Jakarta]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003536/http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/13200.html 100 Years of Indian Cinema: The 100 land mark Indian films of all time|Movies News Photos-IBNLive<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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 [[File:Savitri 2011 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright|Savitri on a 2011 stamp of India]]
-Savitri acted in dance dramas as a child, including some work with a theatre company run by [[Kongara Jaggaiah]]. She made an unsuccessful speculative trip to find film work in [[Chennai|Madras]] at the age of 12, when she was deemed to be too young to play heroine roles, but in 1950 was cast as the female lead in ''[[Samsaram (1950 film)|Samsaram]]''. That role did not become actuality because she became too excited, necessitating numerous retakes and eventually her replacement in the part. She was given a minor speaking role in the film and in the next year had two more minor roles, in ''[[Roopavati]]'' and ''[[Patala Bhairavi]]'', before getting her big break as second heroine in ''Pelli Chesi Choodu''. She later on propelled to stardom with critically acclaimed roles in blockbusters such as ''Devadasu'' and ''Missamma''.<ref name="auto"/>
+Savitri acted in dance dramas as a child, including some work with a theatre company run by [[Jaggayya]]. She made an unsuccessful speculative trip to find film work in [[Chennai|Madras]] at the age of 12, when she was deemed to be too young to play heroine roles, but in 1950 was cast as the female lead in ''[[Samsaram (1950 film)|Samsaram]]''. That role did not become actuality because she became too excited, necessitating numerous retakes and eventually her replacement in the part. She was given a minor speaking role in the film and in the next year had two more minor roles, in ''[[Roopavati]]'' and ''[[Patala Bhairavi]]'', before getting her big break as second heroine in ''Pelli Chesi Choodu''. She later on propelled to stardom with critically acclaimed roles in blockbusters such as ''Devadasu'' and ''Missamma''.<ref name="auto"/>
-Director PC Reddy who directed Savitri says, “there is none who can equal her beauty and talent. She didn’t heed to anyone’s advice and got married very early. I remember she was so addicted to drinking even on the sets; she threw up on my shirt during a shoot. The next day she got a brand new shirt for me. She was a generous woman.” Savitri also worked in bollywood films, although she did not find much success.<ref name="auto" /> Her only Malayalam film was  ''[[Chuzhi]]'' (1973).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/old-is-gold-chuzhi-1973/article6493734.ece| title=Chuzhi: 1973|work=The Hindu|first=B.|last=Vijayakumar|date=12 October 2014|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref>
+Director PC Reddy who directed Savitri says, “there is none who can equal her beauty and talent. She didn’t heed to anyone’s advice and got married very early. I remember she was so addicted to drinking even on the sets; she threw up on my shirt during a shoot. The next day she got a brand new shirt for me. She was a generous woman.” Savitri also worked in Bollywood films, although she did not find much success.<ref name="auto" /> Her only Malayalam film was  ''[[Chuzhi]]'' (1973).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/old-is-gold-chuzhi-1973/article6493734.ece| title=Chuzhi: 1973|work=The Hindu|first=B.|last=Vijayakumar|date=12 October 2014|access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref>
 Her performance in the 1957 film ''[[Mayabazaar]]'' skyrocketed her to stardom. She later went on to become the highest-paid and most sought-after Telugu actress of her generation. Savitri was known for her hospitality, philanthropic gestures, and her love of buying property and jewellery, but she kept little control of her spending. Ganesan continued to philander and she was susceptible to favouring hangers-on with her largesse. Her career took a downturn in the late 1960s. Her properties were seized by tax officials and she turned to acting in any film that would have her, while sycophants encouraged her to direct and produce films that were unsuccessful and financially draining. Among her few supporters during her financial troubles was [[Dasari Narayana Rao]], who cast  her in most of his films, such as ''[[Gorintaku (1979 film)|Gorintaku]]'' (1979), and specifically made ''[[Devadasu Malli Puttadu]]'' (1978) as a movie for her.   In 1960, she received the [[Rashtrapati Award]] for her performance in the Telugu film ''[[Chivaraku Migiledi]]''.  In 1968, she produced and directed the Telugu film ''[[Chinnari Papalu]]'', for which she received the state [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]] (Silver).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chowdhary|first1=Y. Sunita|date=3 May 2018|title=Savitri: a legend like none other|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/savitri-a-legend-like-none-other/article23759251.ece|access-date=8 January 2021|website=The Hindu|language=en-IN}}</ref>