Simi Garewal’s thumbs-up to Kangana Ranaut as Thalaivii though 'Jayalalithaa had wanted Aishwarya Rai to play her'

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, September 11

Actor Simi Garewal has shared her thoughts on Kangana Ranaut’s latest movie, ‘Thalaivii’. She thinks Kangana was the right choice for the role.

Garewal, who was invited to a screening of ‘Thalaivii’ by Ranaut on Friday took to Twitter to share her thoughts after watching the movie.

Simi, in her tweet, wrote: “Although I do not support Kangana Ranaut’s radical comments, I do support her acting talent. In ‘Thalaivii’ she gives it her heart and soul! Jaya-ji wanted Aishwarya (Rai) to play her… my hunch is JJ wud have approved of Kangana’s portrayal. As for Arvind Swami, he is MGR reincarnate.”

Simi had interviewed Jayalalithaa in 1999 for her chat show ‘Rendezvous with Simi Garewal’. 

Replying to a comment on her tweet, Simi further praised Arvind and shared the one complaint she had with the movie. “You forget he is Arvind Swamy! You believe he REALLY is MGR! But they left out JJ’s childhood..I wish they hadn’t. It would have had a stronger impact in the story of Jayalalithaa.. but that’s only my opinion,” she wrote.

‘Thalaivii’ speaks of the journey of Jayalalithaa from a young actor to a political veteran in Tamil Nadu. ‘Thalaivii’ also stars Madhoo, Prakash Raj, Jisshu Sengupta, Bhagyashree and Poorna. The movie has been directed by Vijay and written by KV Vijayendra Prasad.

‘Thalaivii’ released on September 10 in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.