As we all know Samantha will be playing an important role in 'Nadigaiyar Thilagam' biopic on yesteryear legendary actress Savitri.

As we all know Samantha will be playing an important role in 'Nadigaiyar Thilagam' biopic on yesteryear legendary actress Savitri.

While it has been confirmed that Keerthy Suresh will be playing the titular role in the film, it is being said that Samantha will play the role of a girl through whom, Savitri's story is narrated to the audience.

Now we learn from a reliable source that Samantha plays the role of an yesteryear actress Jamuna who was said to be a close friend of Savitri and later separated due to some misunderstandings.

Like Savitri, Jamuna was also an actress who was equally popular in Tamil and Telugu film industries. Some of her popular Tamil films are. 'Thenali Raman', 'Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thali', 'Nichaya Thamboolam' and 'Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum', In the last years of her career she acted as Kamal Haasan's mother in the 1983 super hit film 'Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey'.