Whoaaa! Drama!!!
Director Gautham Menon had announced that he is making a web series on the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa titled Queen. Recently, he released the first look of this web series creating curiosity among the netizens. Ramya Krishnan will be seen playing Jayalalithaa in this web series.
Jayalalitha’s nephew Deepak has come down heavily on the director for making the web series. He had reportedly questioned the director on what grounds he is making the web series when he is not aware of anything about the legendary leader.
“Amma (Jayalalithaa) is a political personality and her public life is a known history. I have no objection if he has portrayed her political life. However, no one has any right to portray her private life without taking proper consent from me and my sister Deepa. If he has represented anything personal about my aunt, I would not allow this and would file defamation case in the event of Queen going ahead without our permission. I am not able to reach Gautham Menon and hope to hear from him soon,”
Interestingly, there are two film directors, AL Vijay and A Priyadarshini, are making a biopic on the late Chief Minister and both these films are currently being filmed. Deepak has allegedly given his consent for AL Vijay’s film.
Queen web series first season will have 11 episodes is set to premiere on the streaming platform MX Player. The web-series has been co-directed by Prasath Murugesan of Kidari fame and written by Gautham Menon’s partner Reshma Ghatala.
Bollywood actor Kangna Ranaut playing the lead role in AL Vijay’s biopic. On this film, the director had said that it will portray the life of a strong woman who comes up and makes a mark in a male-dominated society. Kangna is putting in a lot of effort to get into the skin of the character she plays. The actor has put on weight and is also attending Tamil and Bharatanatyam classes, the director had said earlier.
