Tuesday 2 April 2019 | 4:43 PM | By Adetee

The talented, pretty and powerful actress Kangana Ranaut who was recently seen in the film Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi has been signed to play the lead in the film on the life of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalitha in the film Thalaivi.

The project was announced on Jayalalitha's birthday on February 25th and announcement of casting Kangana was made on 'Kangana's birthday and apparently Kangana was signed after makers approached quite a few actresses. But seems Southern actress Sri Reddy is not pleased about Kangana being cast for the role because Sri on Facebook shared, "Iron lady ruled with single finger on her Tamilnadu kingdom..no one replace her,I cant see any other person to do our thalaivi role.. she is only one..but biopic is so important, and helpful for our next generations to know her.. any of our South Indian lady actress is fine but no 'kangana ranaut."

The rest of casting of the film is on the way. The first poster of the film is out and Kangana will start shooting for the film from this month. Apparently Kangana has been paid an hefty sum of Rs 24 crore for the film which will be made in multi languages including Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Film is being helmed by AL Vijay, produced by Vishnu Induri and music - background score is by GV Prakash..

On the professional front, Kangana has films like Tanu Weds Manu 3, Mental Hai Kya and Panga in her kitty.