Kangana Ranaut's Biopic on Jayalalithaa Titled Thalaivi Faces Financial Roadblock?
The late actress turned CM of Tamil Nadu had a massive fan base. A movie on her roller-coaster kind of life is a perfect decision. Kangana Ranaut has been roped in by AL Vijay for this multilingual biopic named as Thalaivi.
The biopics are the new in-thing of the B-town. Amid this, one more interesting life story is about to be chronicled on the big screen and that is Jayalalithaa biopic. The late actress turned CM of Tamil Nadu had a massive fan base. A movie on her roller-coaster kind of life is a perfect decision. Kangana Ranaut has been roped in by AL Vijay for this multilingual biopic named as Thalaivi. However, even before the development started on this project, it has probably hit a financial roadblock. Prithviraj v/s Dhaakad! Akshay Kumar and Kangana Ranaut to Lock Horns on Diwali 2020.
As per the report in Mumbai Mirror, the flick is right now on the back burner as the makers have not managed to find enough funds to invest in the project. The film is supposed to be built on a 55-crore budget in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. KV Vijayendra Prasad, the writer of Baahubali is penning down the story of this film. Kangana is also said to charge a whopping Rs 24 crore as her fee.
Now that the film is pushed further, it must be seen whether the curly-haired actress decides to take up a new project instead. Apart from this film, she has two Bollywood films in her kitty. She will be next seen in Ashwiny Tiwari Iyer’s flick named Panga. Also, she will be seen in an action film named Dhaakad wherein she will play the role of a spy. The project is helmed by director Razneesh Ghai a.k.a ‘Razy.’ Stay tuned with us for more updates from the entertainment world.
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