Popular
director
AL
Vijay
is
currently
working
on
Thalaivi,
biopic
of
the
late
former
Chief
Minister
of
Tamil
Nadu,
J
Jayalalithaa.
Kangana
Ranaut
is
portraying
Jayalalithaa
in
the
film
while
Aravind
Swamy
is
playing
the
role
of
MG
Ramachandran
aka
MGR.
The
shooting
of
the
film
is
currently
on
halt
due
to
the
Coronavirus
outbreak.
Amidst
all,
the
latest
report
in
an
online
entertainment
portal
states
that
popular
Telugu
actor
Nandamuri
Balakrishna
has
refused
to
act
in
AL
Vijay's
directorial
venture
Thalaivi.
Well,
Jayalalithaa
and
actor-political
leader
NT
Rama
Rao
aka
NTR
were
good
friends.
Hence,
director
AL
Vijay
wanted
Nandamuri
Balakrishna
to
play
NTR
in
the
film
so
that
he
can
show
their
friendship,
the
way
it
was,
on
the
big
screen.
The
director
had
approached
Nandamuri
Balakrishna
to
play
the
role
of
his
father,
actor
and
former
Chief
Minister
of
Andhra
Pradesh
NT
Rama
Rao.
However,
he
reportedly
refused
to
play
his
father.
Earlier,
AL
Vijay
had
approached
Jr
NTR
to
play
the
role
of
NT
Rama
Rao
in
Thalaivi,
but
he
too
refused
to
do
it.
He
never
wished
to
play
the
role
of
his
grandfather
NT
Rama
Rao
in
any
film.
Meanwhile,
the
first
look
of
Kangana
Ranaut
as
J
Jayalalithaa
and
Aravind
Swamy
as
MGR
are
already
out
and
received
good
response
from
the
masses.
Notably,
the
character
introduction
of
Thalaivi,
Kangana
Ranaut
as
the
former
Chief
Minister
of
Tamil
Nadu,
caught
everyone's
attention
as
she
looked
exactly
like
Amma,
(Jayalalithaa's
followers
addressed
her
fondly
as
Amma).
Thalaivi
will
simultaneously
be
made
in
Hindi,
Tamil
and
Telugu.
Written
by
KV
Vijayendra
Prasad,
the
biopic
of
J
Jayalalithaa
is
scheduled
to
be
released
on
June
26,
2020.