THALAIVI Movie- Is 5th National Award in the Making for Kangana Ranaut ?

While the answer to the question in the title- whether Kangana Ranaut will bag her 5th National Award for Thalaivi – is a far fetched guess, but the recently launched trailer of Thalaivi has left everyone awestruck with a glimpse of the phenomenal performance of Kanagana Ranaut. People have already started projecting the movie as a block buster,even before the movie has hit the screens.

The movie is based on the life of Jayalalitha, one of the most popular and powerful politicians of South India at her time, multiple times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from AIADMK Party.

Shabana Azmi holds the record for having won the maximum number of National Film Awards as an actress.She has won 5 National Awards for the following movies.

Ankur (1975)

Arth (1983)

Khandhar (1984)

Paar (1985)

Godmother (2000)

Kangana Ranaut is now at the second position with 4 National Awards to her name. List of movies for which Kangana has bagged the National Awards-

Fashion (2008)

Queen (2014)

Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015)

Manikarnika (2019)

Only time will tell if Kanagana Ranaut will be able to equal Shabana Azmi’s record of 5 National Awards.