Kangana Ranaut-starrer Jayalalithaa biopic hits a roadblack - deets inside

It is a well-known fact that Kangana Ranaut is to star in the Jayalalithaa biopic. The makers had approached Kangana to step into the shoes of former actress and politician Jayalalithaa. The film which was titled Thalavi was to go on floors in November this year but looks like the film has hit a roadblock. Yeah, you heard it. The biopic on Tamil Nadu's former Chief Minister is being postponed by the makers.

A few days ago, a report suggested that Tamil filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon was planning to make a web series on Jayalalithaa's life and made headlines for the same. But that doesn't seem to be the only reason. A new report in Mumbai Mirror suggests that the makers couldn't gather enough funds for the project. They were planning to make it at a budget of Rs 55 crore. It was to be Multilingual film to be released in three languages Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. Rumours were abuzz that Kangana Ranaut was offered Rs 20 crore for the biopic. As per the latest development, it seems the film might take a while more to go on floors.

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Since the reports of the biopic surfaced, many were intrigued about the project. Rumours were that South superstar Arvind Swami was approached to play the role of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and legendary actor MGR in the biopic. M G Ramachandran served as the CM of Tamil Nadu for ten years, from 1977 to 1987.

Earlier in an interview with Mumbai Mirror, Kangana had opened up about the time when she read the script and heard the story. She said, "It presented an image of her that was contrary to the one I had in my mind, so I asked for some time to think over the film during which I read up some more on her and was blown away by what I learned. It's a story that needs to be told and I am happy to be telling it even though she was the absolute opposite of me." For more scoops and updates, stay tuned to BollywoodLife.

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