Summary
The biopic charts the life of actor-turned-chief minister J. Jayalalitha and the relationship paving her rapid yet complicated path to power, who served five terms as the Chief Minister for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+42)
Critics 20Audiences 62GoodWatch 39
Tomatometer20%
Audience score65%
IMDb5.9
Running time
2 h 33 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +44 min on the typical 109
typical 109153Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 116 countries, rent or buy in 9 more
+106Released
2021
September 10, 2021
5 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 12 more18 people
- Kangana Ranaut'Amma' J. Jayalalithaa
- Arvind SwamyM. J. Ramachandran
- NassarM. Karuna
- Bharathi KannanC.N. Annadurai
- BhagyashreeSandhya
- SamuthirakaniR. N. Veerappan
- MadhooV. N. Janaki Ramachandran
- Radha RaviM. R. Radha
Thambi RamaiahMadhavan
Shamna KasimSasi- ARA. R. ManikandanMoorthy
Bharath ReddyParty Member
Vidhya PradeepActress
ShanmugarajanValampuri John- FJFlora JacobIndira Gandhi
- RKRajiv Kumar AnejaL K Advani
Regena CassandrraSaroja
Nitya ShettyTrainee doctor
Directing · 1
- A. L. Vijay Director
Writing · 4
- Vijayendra Prasad Writer
- Ajayan Bala Writer
- Madhan Karky Lyricist
- Brinda Prasad Creative Producer
Production · 5
- Vishnuvardhan Induri Producer
- Shailesh R. Singh Producer
- Mukesh Chhabra Casting
- A. Tirumal Reddy Co-Producer
- Hitesh Thakkar Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Vishal Vittal Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Ballu Saluja Editor
- Anthony Editor
- Santosh Pawar Digital Intermediate Colorist
Sound · 7
- G. V. Prakash Kumar Playback Singer, Original Music Composer
- Saindhavi Playback Singer
- Niranjana Ramanan Playback Singer
- Ananya Bhat Playback Singer
- M. R. Rajakrishnan Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Nakul Abhyankar Playback Singer
Art · 2
- Monika Niggotre Sabbani Production Design
- Rama Krishna Sabbani Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Deepali Noor Costume Design
- Neeta Lulla Costume Design
- Suresh Mohanty Makeup Artist
- Pattanam Rashid Key Makeup Artist
- Ramesh Mohanty Special Effects Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Sheshu Madhav Ramagiri Visual Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 5
- Stunt Silva Stunt Coordinator
- Rekha Public Relations
- Suresh Chandra Public Relations
- Gayathri Raguram Choreographer
- Vamsi Shekar Public Relations
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