Seems like the efforts of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s niece Deepa to restrain the biopic ‘Thalaivi’ didn’t bother the team. While the other director Gautham Menon is still in splits regarding the web series, AL Vijay and his team kickstarted the most-awaited biopic starring the bold and beautiful Kangana Ranaut. The makers of the film took to Twitter to drop the news that the multi-lingual movie’s journey has started.
Journey of #Thalaivi starts today.
Being filmed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu #Thalaivi stars #KanganaRanaut and #ArvindSwamy. #DirectorVijay @KanganaTeam @ShaaileshRSingh #VijayendraPrasad @rajatsaroraa @BrindaPrasad1 @neeta_lulla @VishalVittal @MNigotre pic.twitter.com/tbAMDuMk7r— Vishnu Vardhan Induri (@vishinduri) November 10, 2019
While the rumours are rife that the actors like Arvind Swamy was taken on-board for the role of former Tamil Nadu CM and star MGR, the lead actress Kangana is undergoing a major transformation for her role. The videos of her Bharatanatyam training and the suffocating pictures of the actress giving measurements to the prosthetics went viral on social media which created wit a hype for the upcoming biopic. Bankrolled by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shaailesh R Singh under the banners of Vibri & Karma Media and Entertainment, ‘Baahubali’ fame KV Vijayendra Prasad penned the script for the flick.