Did Balakrishna turn down Sr NTR’s role in Kangana Ranaut’s 'Thalaivi'? Read details

AL Vijay directorial Thalaivi which stars Kangana Ranaut in lead role will be based on life of former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa. entire cast and crew of film have been working on it for over a year w. According to media reports, makers had approached Balakrishna, also kwn as Balayya, for film.

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Thalaivi to depict NTR and Jayalalithaa's friendship

However, reportedly Balakrishna refused to be a part of film for an unkwn reason. AL Vijay wanted Balakrishna to essay role of his far NTR in film Thalaivi. According to media sources, Jayalalithaa and NTR were close friends and makers also want to depict ir friendship in Thalaivi. 

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makers had also approached Jr NTR to play his grandfar NTR in Thalaivi. But he refused opportunity as he reportedly has decided t to play his grandfar NTR in any film. This is also reason why Jr NTR was t part of two NTR  biopics which also starred Balakrishna as NTR. 

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Balakrishna refused to be a part of Thalaivi

So makers of Thalaivi had approached Balakrishna for role. But it seems like Balakrishna has also turned down offer. Reportedly, Balakrishna has turned down Thalaivi as he did t want to play same character again. 

Jayalalithaa and NTR acted in several films toger and had developed a warm friendship which continued even after y joined politics. Apart from Kangana Ranaut, movie also stars Arvind Swami as late actor and politician MG Ramachandran. Kangana Ranaut starrer Thalaivi is bankrolled by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shailesh Singh. Thalaivi will be releasing in three langus worldwide on June 26, 2020. 

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