Marking the birthday of its lead star Kangana Ranaut, the makers of Thalaivi, released the film’s trailer in Hindi and Tamil on Tuesday.
The film, directed by AL Vijay, is based on the life of late actor-turned-politician J Jayalalithaa and is expected to be released on April 23.
Taking to Twitter, Kangana tagged the rest of her cast and attached the YouTube link for the Thalaivi trailer.
The trailer has been released a day after the actress received the National Film Award under the Best Actress category for her performance in the Hindi films Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi and Panga.
Thalaivi, which is a biopic on J Jayalalithaa, actress and late former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, talks about the journey she underwent in the male-dominated field of politics to rise to power.
Jayalalithaa had started out as an actress and entered the political stream with guidance from the then-chief minister and her co-star in a number of films, MG Ramachandran, who was fondly known as ‘MGR’.
Kangana plays the role of the legendary and iconic leader, Jayalalithaa in the movie.
The trailer begins with the portrayal of sexism and male chauvinism in politics which Jayalalithaa had faced. People are heard being sceptical over the fact that “a woman from the cinema industry is teaching us politics” and that politics was a “world that only men should rule.” Another man is also heard saying in disbelief and rage, “We have given this party to a woman and we’re standing behind her?!”