Vidya Balan is an extremely talented actress, there are no two ways about it. Her performances in films like Kahaani, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, The Dirty Picture, Tumhaari Sulu are proof. We are next going to see her in Mission Mangal, which is scheduled to hit the theatres on August 15. Post that, she will start working on mathematician Shakuntala Devi's biopic, which will be directed by Anu Menon and produced by Vikram Malhotra. In between all of this, there were rumours that she will play late political leader, Jayalalitha in her biopic. It was later reported that things didn't fall in place and that Kangana Ranaut has replaced Vidya in the project.

However, turns out Vidya was never approached for this film. Yep! Shaailesh R Singh, who is one of the producers of the biopic has confessed that he never reached out to Vidya to discuss the film with her.  "As a producer, I never approached her (Vidya Balan) and I can say this on the record. I know the news emerged that she was doing the film, but when our writer KV Vijayendra Prasad narrated the story to me, I felt Kangana was the right casting for the role," he told IANS. Confirmed! Vidya Balan Is Indeed Doing A Web-Series On Indira Gandhi And Here Are All The Deets.

Jayalalitha

The upcoming biopic, which is titled Thalaivi in Tamil and Jaya in Hindi, will be directed by AL Vijay. Baahubali writer KV Vijayendra Prasad will be writing the script. The producer further clarified, "So as producer and Vijayendra as a writer did not approach anyone else. If anyone else before us had approached any other actress, I am not aware of that. With the new team of producer, director and writer, it has been mutually decided that Kangana will play Jayalalithaa." Well, while it would have been good to see Vidya in this role, we are sure Kangana will bring her own creativity to the table and we can't wait to see what she has in store for us.

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