Thalaivii : Film based on Jayalalitha

Book/Film Review- 5

Film- Thalaivii

       The literal meaning of 'Thalaivii' is 'female leader' that is a film based on the life of actress-politician J. Jayalalithaa. Film till the intermission tells the filmy journey of Jayalalithaa, her holy love, break up to MGR (MG Ramachandran) and the plot behind coming in politics. After intermission, the film turns slightly to the political journey of her that explains all patriarchal conspiracy against, rise for a while, fall and out from the party, and how she takes the control of the party after winning the election.

        The role of J Jayalalithaa is played by the actress Kangana Ranaut that is also excluded from the main stream of bollywood film making and is said as 'One Woman Army' in the section of media and the people. No doubt her journey is comparable to that's of J Jayalalithaa. 

        Jayalalithaa was not interested in acting but the death of her father forced her to visit the city of Madras with her mother from Mysore. Her mother's struggle provides her an opportunity in the field of acting with then superstar MGR and her career starts grooming up. 

       Over the time, MGR becomes the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and in a cultural programme of the government he meets with her again and offers the charge of Mid-day meal scheme. She gets success in monitering the scheme and becomes the propaganda minister of AIDMK. She starts taking decision and makes interfair in the party affairs, and MGR sends her Delhi as Rajyasabha member to work on the alliance with Congress. She again gets success in the opposite circumstances because of the BJP leader Lal Krishna Adwani offers his time to her to speak in the House.

       When she returns Madras, she loses his post in party and gets disparage at Airport by a party leader. It happens to her many times. Party offers her a post and shows the exit door any time. When MGR takes his last breath that is the last deprecate to her and at party office she is denied to enter in the premises where the last respect to MGR is being performed. She observes from the gate along with the common people. You can imagine how much humiliation she will face in that particular moment.

       When a man/woman gets a reputable position and suddenly finds him/herself in a disreputable position, you can imaging how much disrespect it is! Last journey for the funeral of MGR gives her a chance to get close to the mortal remains of MGR, but the leaders in the party hit her legs, press her feet and force her to get away from the spot. She is courageous enough and shifts her position in tussle from aside to the MGR head where her hair braid is being tugged again and again and a regular braid gets lost its shape. Jayalalithaa encounters all these, but never loses her confidence and believes in her power and intention of doing what she would like to.

       She tries to board the funeral vehicle but the leaders push her and she falls down on the earth that is the last depreciate and it can be termed as the final nail in the coffin. Equation gets changing, she leads the election campaign and wins a marvelous victory in the assembly election and becomes the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. 

       Patriarchal conspiracy is revealed, she again gets reputation, and no one dares now to challenge her decision, all MLAs and party leaders bow to Jayalalithaa in respect and woman power ultimately leads the state after being beaten in the assembly.