Mumbai, March 23 -- Actress Kangana Ranaut will essay the role of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa in the latter upcoming biopic.

The biopic has been written by KV Vijayendra Prasad and directed by AL Vijay. The film will be released in two languages- Tamil and Hindi- titled as Thalaivi and Jaya. Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted, Kangana Ranaut to play Jayalalithaa... Biopic will be made in two languages. Titled #Thalaivi in Tamil and #Jaya in Hindi... Directed by AL Vijay... Written by KV Vijayendra Prasad [#Baahubali and #Manikarnika]... Produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shaailesh R Singh. #BigNews: Kangana Ranaut to play Jayalalithaa... Biopic will be made in two languages. Titled #Thalaivi in Tamil and #Jaya in ...