Thalaivi Teaser Out: Cast, Release Date, Pictures From The Sets

Thalaivi Teaser Out: The teaser of Kangana Ranaut-starrer Thalaivi, a biopic on the actor turned politician Jayalalithaa, was released on the occasion of Jayalalithaa’s 73rd birth anniversary on Wednesday.

Ranaut herself took to Twitter to announce the release date. Her post includes a short teaser trailer for the film and the release date of 23rd April, 2021. The shoot of the film was completed in 2020.

Sharing the poster with her fans, Ranaut tweeted, “To Jaya Amma, on her birth anniversary Witness the story of the legend, #Thalaivi, in cinemas on 23rd April, 2021.”

To Jaya Amma, on her birthanniversary
Witness the story of the legend, #Thalaivi, in cinemas on 23rd April, 2021. @thearvindswami #Vijay @vishinduri @ShaaileshRSingh @BrindaPrasad1 @neeta_lulla #BhushanKumar @KarmaMediaent @TSeries @vibri_media #SprintFilms @ThalaiviTheFilm pic.twitter.com/JOn812GajH

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) February 24, 2021

Within less than 24 hours, the 25-second Thalaivi teaser reached 117.8K views and more than 11.2K likes.

Thalaivi is based on former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who was an actress-turned-politician. Ranaut is essaying the lead role. She has been constantly sharing pictures from the sets, sometimes dressed in white-coloured cotton saree with a bindi (known to be Jayalalithaa’s signature look), to depict the journey and her transition from cinema to the world of politics.

On the death anniversary of Jaya Amma, sharing some working stills from our film Thalaivi- the revolutionary leader. All thanks to my team, especially the leader of our team Vijay sir who is working like a super human to complete the film, just one more week to go 🙏 pic.twitter.com/wlUeo8Mx3W

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) December 5, 2020

According to reports, the 33-year-old actor had to go through a huge transformation to bring the leader alive onscreen. She reportedly gained 20 kg for the role. She had shared how her weight gain for the project and how learning Bharatnatyam for her role left her back severely damaged. The Judgementall Hai Kya actor had also revealed that she was struggling to lose the extra kilos. “I played the first super humangirl on Indian screen, thanks to my body a rare combination of dainty yet strong looking, in my 30’s I had to gain 20 kgs for ‘Thalaivi’ and do Bharatnatyam, it left my back severely damaged but no bigger gratification than to play a role to perfection,” Ranaut had tweeted in November last year.

Journey back to my fit body wasn’t easy, I feel good but even in seven months not able to achieve my earlier stamina and agility back and those last 5 kgs arnt budging, there are moments of despair and then my director Vijay sir shows me Thalaivi footage and all seems fine ❤️ pic.twitter.com/UdpX3LdSaW

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) November 4, 2020

“Journey back to my fit body wasn’t easy, I feel good but even in seven months not able to achieve my earlier stamina and agility back and those last 5 kgs aren’t budging, there are moments of despair and then my director Vijay sir shows me ‘Thalaivi’ footage and all seems fine,” she had added.

I played the first super humangirl on Indian screen, thanks to my body a rare combination of dainty yet strong looking, in my 30’s I had to gain 20 kgs for Thalaivi n do Bharatnatyam,it left my back severely damaged but no bigger gratification than to play a role to perfection 🙂 pic.twitter.com/tNdY5XoDcX

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) November 4, 2020

Thalaivi also stars actor Arvind Swami who will be playing the role of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran. Actor Madhoo will be playing the character of Janaki Ramachandran and other noted actors like Poorna, Jagapathi Babu, Samuthirakani, Jayasudha and Sathyaraj will be playing significant roles.

Feature Image Credit: Kangana Ranaut/ Twitter