Saturday, October 2, 2021

Thalaivii movie review

Thalaivii is a 2021 biographical film mainly based on the life of Indian film actress and AIADMK’s former general secretary J. Jayalalithaa who served six times as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu between 1991 and 2016. The film was directed by A.L.Vijay and written by K.V.Vijayendra Prasad, Madan Karky was written the Tamil part and Rajat Arora has written the Hindi version because the film released in three languages and shot in two languages in Tamil and Hindi.

For this movie, director Vijay and writer Vijayendra had researched a lot. Even Vijay has studied more than 25 books and spend almost eight months researching on her life to build the 'Thalaivii' script. In the film Jayalalithaa had sketched as a powerful politician of Tamil Nadu as well as a strong-willed woman who has been successful in a male-dominated world.

In an interview with The Times of India A. L. Vijay director of ‘Thalaivii’ said, “The film will focus on the journey of a woman who has been successful in a male-dominated world. The most beautiful thing about her is that she has a powerful mind and is very strong-willed; she is an inspiration for many. There will be honesty in the biopic, not drama.”

He also said that there was a huge responsibility of making an honest biopic while we grow up to watch her an achieves. This film is also the official biopic of ‘Jaya amma’ because the film has getting the permission from Jayalalithaa’s nephew, Deepak who is Jaya amma’s brother Jayakumar’s son.  

According to Kangana Ranaut, the film was divided in two parts. In the first part we have sketched the life of Jayalalithaa’s 16 to 40 age’s biography and there will be a second film, where her life from 41 to her death in 2016 will get covered.   

‘Thalaivii’ is produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shailesh R Shing of Vibri Moton Picture and Karma Media And Entertainment bannered. In the film, Bollywood mainstream actress Kangana Ranaut played the lead role as Jayalalithaa and Arvind Swami played the character of M.G. Ramachandran who has also an influential character of the film. This film is also featured with NassarBhagyashree, Raj Arjun, MadhooJisshu SenguptoThambi RamaishShamna Kasim and Samuthirakani in supporting roles.

The film music album and background music’s in all languages were composed by G.V. Prakash Kumar.  

Initially, the film was officially decided to release on 24th February 2019 on the occasion of Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary. But the released date was postponed due to wide speeding Covid-19 and lockdown issues in Maharashtra. At last it was released on 10 September 2021.

After released this film’s first week collection at the box office was 4.75 crore ropes. While it’s made on budget was almost 100 crore rupees. This film received a mix reviewed from film critics and audiences. Some critics reviewed that the film was over dramatic. But it has also praised the character of lead as well as played by Arvind Swami and other supporting characters. They all did justice with their characters.      


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