Kangana Ranaut starrer, ‘Thalaivii’, touted as a biopic lately Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, has some “factual errors”, AIADMK leader and former minister D. Jayakumar said on Friday Talking to media persons after watching the movie, directed by A. L. Vijay and having Arvind Swami and Nasser in prominent roles, at a Chennai theatre, Jayakumar said that the movie may be a well crafted one, apart from a couple of scenes on former Chief Minister and AIADMK founder-leader, late M.G. Ramachandran, fondly referred to as MGR, as also on Jayalalithaa.
Citing a scene wherein MGR wanted to become a minister within the first DMK government led by C.N. Annadurai which it had been later Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi who blocked him, Jayakumar said that MGR had never sought positions He said that Annadurai wanted MGR to be made a minister but he he himself refused and was subsequently made deputy Chief of the tiny Savings Department, which was a replacement post. Jayakumar said that after the death of Annadurai in 1969, it had been MGR who suggested the name of Karunanidhi for the Chief Minister’s post MGR and Karunanidhi subsequently parted ways in 1972 with the previous announcing the formation of the AIADMK Jayakumar also said that there have been scenes showing Jayalalithaa developing contacts with both Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi without MGR’s knowledge, and said that this was untrue which she never went against her leader He said that there have been also scenes where MGR was seen belittling Jaya, which was also not true The senior AIADMK leader said that if these scenes are faraway from the movie, it might end up into an excellent success, adding that he turned nostalgic on watching the movie.