Savitri was born on December 6, 1936 [citation needed] to a Telugu-speaking family in Chirravuru, Guntur district, Madras Presidency, now part of Andhra Pradesh. Her father was Nissankara Guruvaiya and her mother was Nissankara Subhadramma. Her father died when she was six months old, after which her mother took Savitri and an older sister, Maruti, to live with an aunt and uncle. Her uncle, Kommareddy Venkataramaiah Chowdary, enrolled her in classes when she began to show talent for dancing.
Savitri married Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan in 1952 and first met him in 1948. The marriage caused a permanent breakup with her uncle because Ganesan was already married, had four daughters, and had an affair with Pushpavalli. Her marriage was made public when she signed a photograph as Savitri Ganesh. Ganesan later acknowledged that he had two daughters with Pushpavalli while married to Savitri, with whom he had a daughter and a son.
Savitri acted in dance dramas as a child, including some jobs with a theater company directed by Kongara Jaggaiah. She made an unsuccessful speculative journey to find film work in Madras at the age of 12, when she was considered too young to play heroin roles, but in 1950 she was chosen as the female lead in Samsaram. That role did not come true because he was overly excited, requiring numerous reps and eventually his replacement on paper. She was given a supporting role in the film and the following year she had two other minor roles, in Roopavati and Patala Bhairavi, before getting her big break as second heroine in Pelli Chesi Choodu.
Savriti was known for her hospitality, philanthropic gestures, and love for buying property and jewelry, but she maintained little control over her expenses. Ganesan continued to field and she was likely to favor the hanged men with her generosity. Her career declined in the late 1960s. Authorities confiscated her properties and set about acting in any film that had her, while flatterers encouraged her to direct and produce films that were unsuccessful and financially draining. Among her few followers during her financial difficulties was Dasari Narayana Rao, who used her in most of her films, such as Gorintaku (1979), and specifically made Devadasu Malli Puttadu (1978) as a film for her. Her only Malayalam movie was Chuzhi (1973).
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