Kangana preparing for grand retro number of Jayalalithaa's biopic

Kangana is busy preparing for her role as former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa for a biopic of the late leader.

Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut has kick started the preparation of her upcoming flick Jaya, featuring the role as former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa. The film is a biopic of the late leader.

The Queen actor has been spotted taking Bharatnatyam classes regularly as she will soon shoot a grand song for the film with over 100 background dancers. The song will be choreographed by renown south Indian choreographer Gayathri Raghuram.

In accordance with the period the track is set in, the song will have a distinctly retro vibe. Going by her diligent rehearsals, it looks like Kangana is all set to deliver a song which will set new benchmarks.

The film is being helmed by AL Vijay and has been written by Baahubali and Manikarnika writer K.V. Vijayendra Prasad and The Dirty Picture and Once Upon a Time in Mumbai writer Rajat Arora.

The film will also be released in Tamil language with the title Thalaivi.

The 32-year-old actor will next be seen in Panga which has been directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari.

Jayalalithaa served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for over 14 years and was an actor before entering politics. The AIADMK leader left countless supporters bereaved when she died in 2016 at the age of 68.