Despite former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s niece J. Deepa filing a civil suit in the Madras High Court to restrain film director AL. Vijay and producer Vishnu Vardhan Induri of Telangana from making a biopic based on her aunt’s life, the shooting of the film has begun.
Titled Thalaivi , the biopic that stars Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, also has the likes of Arvind Swamy on board, while the music is by G.V. Prakash.
Director Gautham Menon is also making a biopic web-series that is based on the former CM’s life that is to be released on a streaming service.
Producer of the film Vishnu Induri, tweeted, “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 (sic).”
