If
reports
are
to
be
believed,
south
star
Arvind
Swami
will
be
playing
the
role
of
former
Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Minister
MG
Ramachandran
in
the
biopic
of
late
TN
CM
J
Jayalalithaa.
Popular
South
director
Vijay,
will
be
directing
the
movie,
which
will
be
titled
as
"Thalaivi" in
Tamil
and
"Jaya"
in
Hindi.
The
director
is
famed
for
his
movies
like
"Madrasapattinam"
and
"Deiva
Thirumagal".
Jayalalithaa,
the
former
Chief
Minister
of
Tamil
Nadu,
passed
away
on
December
5,
2016,
due
to
cardiac
arrest
after
being
hospitalised
for
about
four
months.
She
is
fondly
referred
to
as
'Amma'
(mother)
and
'Puratchi
Thalaivi',
which
means
'revolutionary
leader'.
Actor-turned
politician
MG
Ramachandran,
who
was
popularly
known
as
MGR
among
his
followers,
had
founded
the
political
party,
AIADMK,
after
quitting
DMK
in
1972.
He
managed
to
capture
power
in
Tamil
Nadu
in
1977.
He
was
a
mentor
to
Jayalalithaa
in
her
career
in
the
entertainment
industry
as
well
as
politics.
After
continuing
as
Chief
Minister
for
Tamil
Nadu
for
10
consecutive
years,
he
passed
away
on
December
24,
1987.
"MGR
and
Jayalalithaa
starred
in
28
box-office
hits
between
1965
and
1973.
While
the
makers
needed
a
worthy
actor
to
do
justice
to
his
role,
another
criterion
was
that
the
artiste
be
fluent
in
Hindi,
Tamil
and
Telugu.
Arvind
satisfied
both
criteria," a
source
was
quoted
as
saying
in
the
Business
Line.
K
V
Vijayendra
Prasad,
who
has
written
"Baahubali" and
"Manikarnika:
The
Queen
of
Jhansi",
is
penning
'Thalaivi',
too.
The
film
is
produced
by
Vishnu
Vardhan
Induri
and
Shailesh
R
Singh
under
the
banners
of
Vibri,
and
Karma
Media
and
Entertainment.
It
is
being
said
that
Arvind
Swami
will
start
working
on
the
film
from
November
15
onwards.
Actor
Kangana
Ranaut
will
play
the
role
of
Jayalalithaa
in
the
film.