While Kangana Ranaut has been garnering praise for her performance in ‘Thalaivii’, not many know that late J Jayalalithaa wanted Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play her role Veteran actress Simi Garewal recently attended a special screening of the film by Kangana. After watching the movie, she took to her Twitter handle to review the film. The actress stated that although she doesn’t approve of Kangana’s radical comments, she supports her acting talent. Simi also revealed that although Jayalalithaa wanted Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play her role, she would have approved of Kangana’s portrayal.
She wrote, ‘Altho I don’t support #KanganaRanaut’s radical comments..I do support her acting talent. In #Thailavii she gives it her heart & soul! Jaya-ji wanted Aishwarya to play her..my hunch is JJ wud hv approved of Kangana’s portrayalAs for @thearvindswamy he’s MGR reincarnate Replying to a discuss her tweet, Simi further praised Arvind and shared the one complaint she had with the movie. She wrote, ‘You forget he’s Arvind Swamy! you think he REALLY is MGR! But they overlooked JJ’s childhood..I wish they hadn’t. it might have had a stronger impact within the story of Jayalalithaa.. but that’s only my opinion.’
Apart from Kangana, ‘Thalaivii’ also stars Madhoo, Prakash Raj, Jisshu Sengupta, Bhagyashree, and Poorna in key roles. The film has been garnering positive reviews from the audience and therefore the critics alike Meanwhile, Kangana also has another interesting upcoming projects lined-up which include, ‘Dhaakad’ co-starring Arjun Rampal and Divya Dutta. She is additionally a neighborhood of ‘Tejas’ where she is going to be essaying the role of an Air Force Pilot.