Touted to be the biopic on legendary actor turned politician Jayalalithaa, 'Thalaivi' starring Kangana Ranaut under the direction of AL Vijay throws light on the acting career and political journey of Jayalalithaa.

At the centre of Jaya Nigam’s life are her home, motherhood and a job at the railways. She juggles life between her seven-year-old son, Adi, household chores and her humdrum job.

A brutal childhood trauma leaves Bobby diagnosed with acute psychosis in her adult years. And after doing time at an asylum for assaulting a coworker, she is let off on the condition that she will stick with her medication. Bobby is a dubbing artist for movies, where she is the voice of the female lead characters. And interestingly, her mind is a medley of all the characters she has voiced. For every time she dubs, she gets obsessed with her onscreen avatar and imagines herself in place of the character. This obsession is dealt with a narrative treatment that’s cool and quirky.

Manikarnika or Mannu (Kangana Ranaut) is born in British ruling India and is the dotted daughter of Moropant (Manish Wadhwa).

Evocative and provocative, this offbeat, socially relevant drama delves into the suffering of a young boy, who is abducted during childhood, and spends his life trying to find the secret of his origins.