The makers of the upcoming biopic on Jayalalithaa starring Kangana Ranaut took to social media to announce that she was the original choice. Recently, there had been chatter that Vidya Balan was initially approached for the project.

Producer Shailesh R Singh tweeted, "As producers, we never approached anybody except Kangana. As far as our film Thalaivi (Tamil) and Jaya (Hindi) is concerned, Kangana was the first and only choice of writer Vijayendra Prasad. We start filming soon (sic)." Point noted.