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Tamil filmmaker Vijay to direct Jayalalithaa's biopic

| @indiablooms | Aug 16, 2018, at 12:23 pm

Mumbai/Chennai, Aug 16 (IBNS): Tamil filmmaker Vijay will direct a biopic on former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalaithaa.

Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted, "Tamil filmmaker Vijay [of #Madrasapattinam] will direct #JayalalithaBiopic... He is overseeing the pre-production work of the film, based on the vision shared by producers Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad... Film will star prominent names from Bollywood and South."

The film will be produced in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages.

The producers of the film are planning to launch the film on Jayalalithaa's birth anniversary.

The first look of the film is also likely to be released on the same day.

Jayalalithaa, an actress-turned politician, passed away in late 2016.


Image: twitter.com/taran_adarsh

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