Kangana Ranaut impressed everyone with the much-awaited trailer of her film 'Thalaivi' that was launched on Tuesday, on her 34th birthday, including south star Samantha Akkineni. The actor showered Kangana with high praise for the trailer of 'Thalaivi' and called Kangana the 'greatest actor of our generation'.
Taking to her Twitter account, Samantha wrote, "#ThalaiviTrailer is outstanding @KanganaTeam You are the bravest, most daring and indisputably the most talented actress of our generation #Vijay sir goosebumps stuff just goosebumps stuff. Can’t wait to witness this magic in the theatre."
Before this, in 2019, Samantha had spoken highly of Kangana's work after watching 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi'. She had tweeted, "It has been two days and I can’t get her performance out of my mind. The only explanation I can give myself is that she must have been ‘possessed’ it couldn’t have been an act it just couldn’t. Please congratulate her and tell her she has our greatest support."
As for 'Thalaivi', the film portrays the journey of Kangana as J. Jayalalithaa from being an actor to a revolutionary leader. Going by trailer, Kangana seems to have left no stone unturned in getting under the skin of her character and looked gorgeous as the late actor and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Helmed by A. L. Vijay and written by Vijayendra Prasad, the film is a multilingual biopic positioned for a pan-India release. The movie stars Kangana as Jayalalithaa, Arvind Swami as politician M. G. Ramachandran, and Prakash Raj as Karunanidhi. Jisshu Sengupta and Bhagyashree will also appear in pivotal roles.
The Kangana Ranaut-starrer is set to release worldwide in Hindi, Tamil, and Telegu by Zee Studios on April 23, 2021.