Thalaivi NEW Look OUT! Kangana Ranaut Terms Jayalalitha A More Glamorous Star Than Her, Compares With Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Kangana Ranaut is currently shooting for her next biopic titled Thalaivi in Chennai which is a biopic on veteran late actor turned politician, Jayalalithaa.

Talking about the role, Kangana revealed that she has done a lot of research for this role. The Panga actor says, “She (Jayalalithaa) was not like me. She was a more glamorous star… somebody like an Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Bollywood. It was a very big challenge to fit into those shoes because I’m not known as a glamorous star. There is one common thread, though. She was a very reluctant actor. It is the same with me. I never wanted to be an actor, and that is why we became very unusual actors. I think she always felt that she was worth much more than just being a glam doll [in films], and she became a politician. Like how I became a filmmaker because I felt that being an actress was very limiting for me. So, I think there are parallels”.

In addition to this Kangana also highlighted how one aspect of their lives was very similar.

“I think, like every woman, she longed for a family, and she longed for a child. I think there was a time in my life also when I longed for a family. I think some of the married people took advantage of that… There are scenes [in this film] with an actor who is married, and who promises marriage and then goes back on his word. She has to face a lot of public humiliation. I think this is what happens to a lot of the young actresses. It is not something that only we share,” Kangana states.