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KANGANA RANAUT IS THE
QUEEN IN A MAN’S WORLD
and grandeur that the late Chief
Minister had brought throughout
her meteoric rise in politics.
In an interview, Kangana opened
up on her weight gain for Thalaivi.
She said, “I didn’t expect to gain 20
kilos. When Kareena was pregnant,
she gained 16 kilos. I told myself,
I am like post-pregnant Kareena
Kapoor!”.
“I never remember feeling so unfit.
At one point, I needed to support
myself with my palms to stand up
Kangana Ranaut has been making the headlines off the floor. I was unable to carry
ever since she has been roped into essay legendary my weight in heels, and that almost
politician J Jayalalithaa’s role in her biopic Thalaivi. left me in tears. One thinks they’ll
Indeed, it is a mega project and the Queen actress eventually adjust, but I couldn’t
has been working hard for it. Not just the actress has walk in my own shoes! Usually, I
taken the help of prosthetic makeup to get the perfect can run in them, but now my feet
look, she also took Bharatnatyam classes and also would swell. I didn’t know how to
learned the Tamil language. handle it”, she added.
A day after the Manikarnika actor won her National
Film Award for Best Actress, the trailer of Thalaivi The diligence with which she had
-- a film on the life of Jayalalithaa was released on kept tabs on the weighing scale as
Kangana Ranaut’s birthday. The Panga actor essays it climbed by 10, 12, and 15 kilos
the role of political stalwart and former Tamil Nadu was rendered redundant after a few
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, chronicling her transition weeks of lull. She said, “The makers
from a movie star into a politician and told me to start losing weight so
navigating in a man’s world with poise
and confidence.
A scene that particularly stood out in the
trailer was that of a young Jayalalithaa
who was at the time one of the first
female politicians in Tamil Nadu, caught
in the ruckus that broke out in the state
Assembly. Kangana looked almost
indistinguishable from the late politician
while bringing a sense of charm
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