A.L. Vijay directed Jayalalithaa biopic Thalaivi was supposed to release in theaters on April 23 but the film's release got delayed due to the second wave of COVID-19 early this month. Film's lead actress Kangana Ranaut has now confirmed that the Tamil version of Thalaivi will make its OTT premiere on Amazon Prime Video and the Hindi version on Netflix.

However she has also reiterated that Thalaivi will release in theaters first and the producers of the film are trying their level best to schedule a theatrical release date. The movie will be available for streaming only after this. 

Thalaivi also stars Arvind Swami as MGR, Nasser as Karunanidhi, Poorna as Sasikala, Madhoo as Janaki MGR and Samuthirakani as RM Veerappan among others. The film has G.V. Prakash for music.