Poorna, Malayalam-Tamil actor, is the latest addition to AL Vijay’s Thalaivi. The biopic is being produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shaailesh R Singh. The actor took the Twitter to announce her new project.
Delighted to announce that I am now officially part of Thalaivi Movie, directed by @DirectorALVijay Sir. It’s truly a wonderful opportunity to be associated with the biopic of the Iron Lady J Jayalalitha ma’am and to work alongside #KanganaRenaut, @thearvindswami, @prakashraaj pic.twitter.com/pRtvk3k8ga
— Poorna (@shamna_kasim) February 22, 2020
Speculations are rife that she has been roped in to play the role of Sasikala, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa’s close aide.
Also, today, on the occasion of Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary Kangana’s new look from Thalaivi, sans prosthetics from the film, in the trademark AIADMK saree, is out.
It was on the occasion of 103rd birth anniversary of Late Tamil Nadu chief minister MG Ramachandran, the first look of his character in the film Thalaivi was unveiled. Aravind Swami stars as the yesteryear matinee icon, and took to social media to share the images and teaser of his role in the film.
Here is my first look as Puratchi Thaliavar, Makkal Thilagam MGR in #Thalaivi . A teaser follows at 10.30 am today. Hope u like it 🙏 pic.twitter.com/LjnN6Ybwrw
— arvind swami (@thearvindswami) January 17, 2020
Thalaivi has cinematography by Vishal Vittal and will have music by GV Prakash.
Kangana in and as #Thalaivi … without any prosthetics or any special effets Kangana looks like Jaya Amma, shocking, determination can make anything happen #Thalaivi pic.twitter.com/Dtm8wu5fwH
— Rangoli Chandel (@Rangoli_A) February 24, 2020
Also read, Everything You Need To Know About The Many Jayalalithaa Biopics Currently Being Made