There are a bunch of projects announced on the life story of Tamil Nadu Ex-Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Vishnu Induri of Vibri Media acquired the rights of her life story and AL Vijay has been roped in to direct the project which got an official announcement some time ago. Names like Vidya Balan, Keerthy Suresh and Nithya Menen have been considered to match Jayalalithaa on screen. But the role finally landed in the hands of Bollywood beauty Kangana Ranaut.

The film will be a trilingual and will be made in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. Top writer V Vijayendra Prasad is penning the script of this film and the regular shoot commence from June this year. Titled Thalaivi, the film will release early next year. Kangana Ranaut already started preparing for the role.