Queen Teaser: Director Gautham Menon’s web series on late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Titled Queen, the web series, starring Ramya Krishnan in the titular role, is co-directed by Prasath Murugesan of Kidari fame. The Queen teaser doesn’t show the actors’ faces. However, it begins with a young Jayalalithaa on the stage, receiving applause as a student. Then, we get visuals of a young girl dancing and the caption reads, “Superstar heroine at 18”. Also, we are shown a white sari-clad young woman delivering political speeches.
“Apart from the real-life story, the web series will also have fictional elements.” While Anika Surendran plays the younger version of Jayalalithaa, Indrajith Sukumaran plays Jayalalithaa’s mentor MG Ramachandran. We await more details on the cast and crew.
The Queen web series season 1 will have 11 episodes and is all set to premiere on MX Player. The makers have already revealed that based on the reception of the first season, the consecutive seasons will be planned. In the past, many Tamil web series was criticized for the below-par production values but Gautham Menon has said that he has already informed his producers that he will not compromise with the quality.
Gautham Menon also got several unknown stories on late CM Jayalalithaa through her close friends and associates. The Queen trailer will be released on December 5. Written by Reshma Ghatala, Queen Web Series will stream in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.
