Kangana Ranaut shares picture with Smriti Irani; calls her 'real life Thalaivii'

Kangana Ranaut is gearing up for release of her upcoming biographical movie Thalaivii. movie is based on life of late politician and actor J. Jayalalithaa who served as chief minister of Tamil Nu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. makers of movie recently held a special screening of movie for members of Parliament where Kangana met Smriti Irani, current Minister of Women and Child Development.

Kangana Ranaut meets Smriti Irani

Kangana Ranaut recently attended special screening of her movie Thalaivii that was held for members of Parliament. actor shared pictures of her meeting with Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on her Instagram story. As Ranaut shared post, she wrote that Irani was real-life 'Thaliavii'. Take a look at picture below.

Ranaut will be portraying role of late politician and actor J. Jayalalithaa in movie. In an interview with Tried & Refused Productions on YouTube, actor spoke about difficulties she faced while stepping into shoes of late politician. Ranaut said, "Jayalalithaa is larger than life figure, re is no doubt about it and anyone who gets opportunity to live up to her even on silver screen is fortunate. But for me, re were quite a few obstacles, firstly, makers wanted to trace Jayalalithaa's character from age 16 to 42, and when y approached me I was alrey 32 and just by gaining weight I couldn't look older. So I thought to myself that 'did I miss bus?' or 'can I still do it?' and re were many doubts in me about it. But offer was too tempting and I did not let doubts creep into me." 

Thalaivii was initially scheduled for a atrical release on 23 April 2021 but was postponed due to a surge in COVID cases and lockdown in Maharashtra. It was later rescheduled to release on 10 September 2021.  film has been shot simultaneously in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages and will also mark Ranaut's debut in South Indian film industry. Ranaut has been constantly urging Maharastra Government to open atres in state so that her movie could release in Hindi.

Image: PTI and Kangana Ranaut Instagram