Exactly two days ago, the ‘Queen’ of Bollywood, Kangana Ranaut had turned a year older and as a birthday treat for all her fans she had announced her next big project. And it is none other than the biopic based on the journey of Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa which would be directed by A. L. Vijay and written by KV Vijayendra Prasad. The film will be released in two languages titled as ‘Thalaivi’ in Tamil and ‘Jaya’ in Hindi.

The actress who makes it a point to nail her character always in all the films has now started her intense preparations to get into the skin of the character. And has revealed that she would be learning Tamil before the project goes on floors. She said, “The scenes will be in Tamil, and I will learn the language to understand the character better and feel closer to her. I will begin my language classes once I honour my commitments to Panga and Mental Hai Kya. I see parallels with my own journey in hers, but her success story is much bigger than mine. In the first narration itself, I could see myself doing the part because it came naturally to me. I could have gone ahead with my own biopic, but this was much more enticing.”

Meanwhile, rumors are doing the rounds that Kangana will be offered a whopping amount of Rs 24 crores for this project and thereby makes her the highest paid Bollywood actress for a South film. Now, we really can’t wait to watch the ‘Fashion’ actress essay the role on big screens! What say?