Published 21:03 IST, December 11th 2019

Ramya Krishnan talks about Queen, says it is not based on Jayalalithaa

Queen's lead Ramya Krishnan recently spoke about the series to a news organisation. She said that contrary to popular belief, it was not based on Jayalalithaa.

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upcoming web-series Queen was considered to be a biography based on life of Tamil Nu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, since its anuncement. However, when trailer for show released online, many viewers questioned name changes in story, as le character was never called Jayalalithaa in entire trailer. While trailer did have many events that seemed similar to  late Chief Ministers life story, re was never any ackwledgement to fact that it was based on her life. Recently, Ramya Krishnan, actor who will be playing le role in Queen, said that story of show was, in fact, t based on life of Jayalalithaa. 

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Speaking to a news organisation, Ramya Krishnan said that y cant deny fact that re is some resemblance to political leer's life in web-series. However, she ded that bottom line was that Queen is t story of Chief Minister. She said that if people ticed a resemblance, n she would like that as she is a big fan and mirer of Jayalalithaa. Ramya Krishnan also stated that director Gautham Men asked her to be herself and react to what is present in scene. 

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Even Gautham Men has told media that Queen was a largely fictional story and most of portions in series were just interpretations. show is co-directed by Gautham and Prasath Murugesan and will be an 11-episode series on MX Player. It is based on a vel of same name, written by author Anita Sivakumaran.

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series will premiere on platform on December 14, 2019. trailer for web-series was dropped only a few days ago and was immediately praised by fans and critics alike. Ramya Krishnan's acting was one of major points that was praised, as she completely embodied her character to perfection.

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17:04 IST, December 11th 2019