Thalaivii Movie

THALAIVII is the story of a girl’s journey from being a prominent heroine to a prominent political figure. Vijayendra Prasad's story is excellent and does total justice to J Jayalalithaa’s journey from being a film star to being a Chief Minister. Vijayendra Prasad and Rajat Arora's screenplay is captivating. Rajat... Arora's dialogues are sharp. A L Vijay's direction is very simplistic and massy. Kangana Ranaut lives the role and is fantastic to say the least. Arvind Swamy is a big surprise. Raj Arjun is the third most important actor and has a considerable screen role. Nassar, as expected, is quite nice. Bhagyashree is subtle and apt for the part. Madhoo (Janaki; MJR's wife) doesn’t get much scope. Thambi Ramaiah (Madhavan) is fair. Flora Jacob (Indira Gandhi) is alright but Rajiv Kumar (Rajiv Gandhi) looks ditto like the ex-Prime Minister of India. G V Prakash Kumar's music is poor. The background score is cinematic and dramatic. Vishal Vittal's cinematography is spectacular. Neeta Lulla's costumes are glamorous and reminiscent of the clothes worn at that time by the stars and political leaders. S Ramakrishna and Monika Nigotre's production design is very detailed. Pattanam Rasheed's makeup is spot-on. Unifi Media's VFX is decent. Ballu Saluja's editing is first-rate in the second half but in the pre-interval, it’s quite haphazard. On the whole, THALAIVII is a well-made and well-written political saga that is embellished with yet another award-winning performance by Kangana Ranaut.