After impressing us with her power-packed performance in her latest film ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’, Kangana Ranaut is all set to impress us again by essaying the role of the Iron Lady of the nation, Jayalalithaa in the biopic that is titled as ‘Thalaivi’ in Tamil and ‘Jaya’ in Hindi.

The ‘Queen’ actress had revealed that she had known Jayalalithaa only as a politician and has no idea as a person. When she read the story she was completely blown away and said, “It presented an image of her that was contrary to the one I had in my mind, so I asked for some time to think over the film during which I read up some more on her and was blown away by what I learnt. It’s a story that needs to be told and I am happy to be telling it even though she was the absolute opposite of me.”

Kangana further said, “She was emotionally dependent on some people, including her mother and MGR (actor-turned-politician), and allowed them to mould her into an actress and politician when she never wanted to be either. When they, and several others she had grown to rely on, left her, alone and vulnerable, she didn’t flounder. She took charge of her life and went on to become a bigger actress and politician. That’s remarkable, unbelievable!”