THIS popular actor refused to act in AL Vijay's 'Thalaivi'?

Director AL Vijay is currently working on 'Thalaivi', the biography of the late former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha. Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut is playing the role of J Jayalalitha in the film, while

Aravind Swamy

is playing the role of

MG Ramachandran

(MGR). The shooting of the film is currently stopped due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Now, the latest report according to an online portal is that popular Telugu actor Nandamuri Balakrishna has refused to act in AL Vijay's 'Thalaivi'.

Jayalalithaa and actor-political leader NT

Rama Rao

were good friends, and director AL Vijay wants to show that friendship, the way it was, on the big screen. So, the director had approached Nandamuri Balakrishna to play the role of his father, actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N T Rama Rao, but the actor has reportedly refused to play his father’s role. Previously, AL Vijay had approached Jr NTR to play the role of

N T Rama Rao

in 'Thalaivi', but he too refused to take it up since he never wished to play the role of his grandfather N T Rama Rao in any films.

The first look of Kangana Ranaut as J Jayalalitha and Aravind Swamy as MGR have already been released by the makers and both have received a good response from the audience.