Thalaivii (Eng: Female Leader) is a 2021 Indian biographical drama film based on the life of Indian actress-politician J. Jayalalithaa. The film stars Kangana Ranaut as Jayalalithaa and Arvind Swami as M. G. Ramachandran.
Shot simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi, it is directed by A. L. Vijay and written by Madhan Karky (Tamil) and Rajat Arora (Hindi). The film is produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shailesh R Singh of Vibri Motion Pictures and Karma Media And Entertainment respectively.
The film also features Nassar, Bhagyashree, Raj Arjun, Madhoo, Thambi Ramaiah, Shamna Kasim and Samuthirakani in supporting roles. The music, background score and the soundtrack for both languages is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar.
Directed by – A. L. Vijay
Written by – Madhan Karky
Screenplay by – V. Vijayendra Prasad
Based on Book named Thalaivii by Ajayan Bala
Produced by – Vishnu Vardhan Induri, Shailesh R Singh, Brinda Prasad
Starring – Kangana Ranaut & Arvind Swami
Cinematography – Vishal Vittal
Edited by – Anthony & Ballu Saluja
Music by – G. V. Prakash Kumar
Production – Zee Studios, Vibri Motion Pictures, Karma Media And Entertainment, Gothic Entertainment & Sprint Films
Distributed by – Zee Studios
Release date – 10 September 2021
Running time – 153 minutes
Country – India
Languages – Tamil
