Actress Kangana Ranaut who will be playing Jayalalithaa in the latter's upcoming biopic Thalaivi has begun shooting for the film. As reported earlier, the A.L. Vijay directorial will also see Arvind Swami playing MGR, Jayalalithaa's mentor in film and politics and the movie will film simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. 

Thalaivi kick-started on Sunday in the presence of producer Vishnu Indhuri, composer G.V. Prakash and images from the event can be seen here: