Y-Star Ctpl To Produce Jayalalithaa Biopic!

The success story of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has fascinated several filmmakers to make movies inspired by her life. Y-Star Cine & Television Pvt Ltd has now decided to produce ‘Puratchi Thalaivi’, a biopic on one of India’s most mercurial political leaders who passed away in December 2016. The movie will be trilingual film to be made in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu, produced by Aditya Bharadwaj, who says, “It took almost a year for the detailed research about her life and her journey, from a popular actress to a much loved powerful politician. Y star was working on this subject, when Jayalalithaa (Aka AMMA) was alive and after she passed away we had to speed up the project to make her alive again. Right now, we are in the process of finalising the lead cast.” ‘Puratchi Thalaivi’ is scheduled to release in 2018. Y-Star has also delved into unconventional subjects including award winning shorts Shatika and Rang Biranga Anaar featuring Dangal actor Badrul Islam, which is set to release soon and feature films including The Last Animal. Iskool Bag, being another interesting feature film from Y-Star is currently into pre-production stage and will go on floors soon.