Thalaivii

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Thalaivii

2021

2h 10m

Biography

Drama

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The story of East Indian politician and actress J. Jayalalithaa.

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Namrata Joshi

National Herald (India)

09/29/2021

The film is more gimmickry than realpolitik.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

09/14/2021

3/5

Having watched Kangana Ranaut play this version of Jaya in Thalaivii with a perfectly-judged mixture of vulnerability and hauteur, there's no question that she owns the part...

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

09/06/2021

2/5

While more nuanced than many of its star's recent statements - it could hardly be otherwise - the film still feels like a passive-aggressive idea of doubling down.

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Tatsam Mukherjee

News9 Live (India)

08/10/2022

1/5

There’s no such thing as serendipity, nothing simply happens here. Not even Jaya stopping at a traffic light and talking to a few street urchins. It’s meant to spawn the next chapter of this “incredible” life story.

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Nandini Ramnath

Scroll.in

09/20/2021

The movie isn't remotely funny, but Raj Arjun's teeth-gnashing performance is hard to take seriously soon after it first appears.

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Tanul Thakur

The Wire

09/14/2021

Such stark disconnect between audio and video elicits unique exasperation: of watching two bad films at the same time.

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Vibhu A

09/11/2021

Awesome acting, dialogues and screenplay.

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06/09/2022

Not as good as I was hoping. In the lead role, Kangana has still done well.

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12/20/2021

Kangana ranout not set for this epic biopic movie

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11/30/2021

Pathetic , kangana ur days as a actress r over

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10/16/2021

waste of time, stupid actress.. !!

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10/15/2021

What the hell with rotten tomato who gives such a poor review to this best in classs movie.... Kangana you nailed it... Lights off.. Game over... Bollywood khatam

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The story of East Indian politician and actress J. Jayalalithaa.

Director: A.L. Vijay
Producer: Shailesh R. Singh, Vishnuvardhan Induri
Screenwriter: Vijayendra Prasad, A.L. Vijay, Rajat Arora, Vijayendra Prasad
Distributor: ZEE Studios International
Production Co: Zee Studios
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: Tamil
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 2021, Limited
Runtime: 2h 10m