BioGraph
Connecting Kangana Ranaut and Naga Chaitanya
Kangana Ranaut
Her first release of 2011 was Anand L. Rai's '' Tanu Weds Manu'', a romantic comedy opposite R. Madhavan, which Ranaut considers a "game changer" for her.
R. Madhavan
Indian actor, film director, and producer
His first full-length role in a Telugu film was through '' Savyasachi'' (2018), where he portrayed the antagonist in a cast headlined by Naga Chaitanya.
Kangana Ranaut
In 2020, Ranaut founded her production company, Manikarnika Films, and the next year, appeared in the biopic ''Thalaivii'' (2021), in which she and Arvind Swamy played the actor-turned-politicians J. Jayalalithaa and M. G. Ramachandran, respectively.
J. Jayalalithaa
Indian actress, politician and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1948–2016)
Actresses including Nayanthara and Vidya Balan were initially approached by Vijay to star in the lead role, while Sai Pallavi was considered for the supporting role of V. K. Sasikala.
Sai Pallavi
She also acted in a Netflix anthology film series '' Paava Kadhaigal'' segment ''Oor Iravu'' directed by Vetrimaaran.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} In 2021, she starred in the romantic drama ''Love Story'' alongside Naga Chaitanya in her second collaboration with Sekhar Kammula after ''Fidaa'' (2017) and '' Shyam Singa Roy'' opposite Nani in their second collaboration after '' MCA''. Her upcoming film is '' Virata Parvam'' opposite Rana Daggubati.
Kangana Ranaut
Baradwaj Rangan stated that Jayalalithaa "channels and mimics the lack of power, the frustrations, the disappointments and the fact of what it meant to be a woman in politics back then", and complimented Ranaut for "[putting] all of this across beautifully"; in contrast, Srivatsan S. from ''The Hindu'' believed she was miscast in the role, adding that Swamy's role is more lengthy than that of Ranaut.
Baradwaj Rangan
Indian film critic and journalist
He also teaches a course on cinema at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, and has interviewed notable personalities like producer/writer G. Dhananjayan, and director Gautham Vasudev Menon.
Gautham Vasudev Menon
This is one director who's got the pulse of today's urban youth perfectly" and that "crafted a movie that will stay in our hearts for a long, long time." Soon after the Tamil version began shoot, Menon decided to begin a Telugu version titled ''Ye Maaya Chesave'' (2010) and release it simultaneously, with featuring a fresh cast of Naga Chaitanya and debutante Samantha .
A Telugu version with Naga Chaitanya and Manjima was simultaneously shot under the title '' Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo'', with Menon revealing that he hoped to finance the Tamil version through the salary he received from the Telugu film's producers.
Kangana Ranaut
Ranaut said that her character was "a mix" of the actress Madhubala and the gangster Haji Mastan's wife and that to prepare she observed the work of the actresses Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi.
Madhubala
Indian actress and producer (1933–1969)
In November 2019, filmmaker Imtiaz Ali was considering a biopic of Madhubala, but later dropped the idea after her family denied permission. Actresses including Kriti Sanon, Kangana Ranaut, Kiara Advani, and Janhvi Kapoor have expressed their wish to play Madhubala in a biopic.
Kriti Sanon
Sanon began 2015 by featuring in her second Telugu film, Sudheer Varma's crime drama '' Dohchay'', co-starring Naga Chaitanya.
