It was indeed a special birthday for Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on March 23 as the makers of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa's biopic announced that the Manikarnika actress will reprise the iconic politician in the movie.

If the reports are to be believed, Kangana is said to be charging a bomb as her remuneration for the film, which is titled Thalaivi. Since she will be the face of the biopic in Tamil and Hindi, the actress is said to have quoted a high price.

A source told an entertainment website, "Kangana is being paid to the tune of Rs 24 crore for the bilingual project, which will be made in Hindi and Tamil. The makers are sure that her star power will help reach a pan-India audience. Whenever Hindi artistes have done South movies, they have always shared screen space with a top star from the region. But the Manikarnika heroine will be leading from the front as the movie revolves around her character's journey. The producers have already signed a contract with her."

Further, the makers have announced that Thalaivi is the 'official' biopic of late CM J Jayalalithaa as they had obtained a NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the actress-politician's nephew Mr Deepak.

Director AL Vijay will be at the helm while Baahubali writer Vijayendra Prasad will be mentoring the team. Cinematographer Nirav Shah, composer GV Prakash and lyricist Madhan Karky are part of the technical crew as well.

Kangana, in a statement, said, "Jayalalithaaji is one of the biggest female success stories of this century. She was a superstar and went on to become an iconic politician, it's a great concept for a mainstream film. I am honoured to be a part of this mega project."

The film's pre-production work has been going on for over 10 months and is expected to go on floors in the coming weeks. Thalaivi is produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri.

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