WHEN AISH APPEARED AS JAYALALITHAA!

Mohanlal & Aishwarya Rai in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film 'Iruvar' (1997). 

Today is 48th birthday of pretty famous actress Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan!

On this occasion, I remembered her screen debut, which was in Tamil film 'Iruvar' (1997).Renowned South-Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam made this political drama was inspired from the lives of legends M. G. Ramachandran & J. Jayalalithaa!

I also remembered the craze of this film during our 'International Film Festival of India' (IFFI) which was at Trivandrum in 1997. It happened because Malayalam cinema superstar Mohanlal was in MGR's role & 'Miss World' Aishwarya was in the role of Jayalalithaa in this film!

Specifically I have written this, because Kangna Ranaut portrayed this character in Tamil film 'Thalaivi' recently!

Wishes to both!!

- Manoj Kulkarni