Savitri

Savitri Ganesan (born Nissankara Savitri; 1935 – 1981) was an Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director, and producer known for her works primarily in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She had also worked in Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. She starred in more than 250 films over three decades. She was one of the highest-paid and most popular Indian actresses of the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s. She is known by the epithets Mahanati (transl. The great actress) and Nadigaiyar Thilagam (transl. Doyen of all the actresses).

Emily Savitri Haines (born 25th January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene.