THACKERAY: Amrita Rao returns to films with this powerful role as Nawa

Balasaheb Thackeray is one of the most
iconic political figures in India and his
biopic is much awaited by many, especially
the ones who reside in Maharashtra. The
bilingual film Thackeray is all set to release
next year with Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the
lead and we hear that Amrita Rao has been
roped in to play the prominent role of
Meenatai. For the uninitiated, Meena
Thackeray was the wife and support system
of Balasaheb Thackeray.
Thackeray, directed by Sanjay Raut, will
mark the return of Amrita Rao on the big
screen after five years. The actress was in
news two years ago after she tied the knot
with RJ Anmol. Explaining about his choice
of having Amrita on board as Meenatai,
director Sanjay revealed in recent reports
that the actress' face reflects the same
innocence that was on Meenatai's face.
Despite her soft nature, Raut considers her
as the pillar of Thackeray's life and his
family. He believes that her strong nature
held them all together, thereby also helping
Thackeray's party Shiv Sena.
He described Meenatai as an embodiment
of matrutwa [which means motherhood].
As for Amrita's character, Sanjay pointed
out that her character spans over three
decades, from 1969 to 1995. He also
expressed about how Amrita shared a
great camaraderie with Nawazuddin
Siddiqui. This is the first time where the
two of them will be paired opposite each
other and Amrita is already said to have
completed her portions of the shoot.
Coming to Thackeray, we had earlier got a
slight glimpse of Nawazuddin Siddiqui as
Balasaheb Thackeray in the teaser that was
released a few months ago. As for the
trailer, the release date is yet to be
announced. The film is expected to hit the
big screens on January 23 and will have to
face three Bollywood films that are
scheduled to release in the same week,
which includes, Manikarnika The Queen of
Jhansi, Super 30 and Cheat India.

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Good to seeher bak on silver screen🥳

Another beautiful talented outsider who didn't get her due !

How I missed her pairing with shahid. He needs to stop working with shraddha Alia and get back to Amrita

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

Another beautiful talented outsider who didn't get her due !

She was from the same era when all the top female stars were outsiders barring Kareena and Katrina, well lets count Katrina also as an insider since Amrita had issues with her being Sallu's girlfriend and loved to take digs at her.
She and Ayesha Takia went on with the dignity chants rejecting movies after movies, post they got some success.
When even industry kids were doing glam roles, Amrita was rejecting them, trying to keep her "next door girl image intact", that is like wasting opportunities and not industry not giving her due.

Originally posted by: Thug-Leader

She was from the same era when all the top female stars were outsiders barring Kareena and Katrina, well lets count Katrina also as an insider since Amrita had issues with her being Sallu's girlfriend and loved to take digs at her.
She and Ayesha Takia went on with the dignity chants rejecting movies after movies, post they got some success.
When even industry kids were doing glam roles, Amrita was rejecting them, trying to keep her "next door girl image intact", that is like wasting opportunities and not industry not giving her due.

What outsiders ? Vidya, Priyanka, Kangana, Deepika ? Deepika's prestigious family helped her a lot! Katrina's boyfriend. PC was Miss World. I will give Kangana and Vidya credit. You honestly think nepotism played no part. Yes Amrita's family was also rich but nothing like the Padukone's in prestige. I have enough sources to know how much that helped her.

Ok so Deepika was successful because of Prakash Padukone's Bollywood contacts.
Priyanka being Miss World means she should not be counted as an outsider.
Don't include Katrina, since I already counted her out.
Anushka is also from the same time era, so was Asin.
All went on to become bigger stars than Amrita ever was.
It is easy to pinpoint every blame at nepotism.

Originally posted by: Thug-Leader

Ok so Deepika was successful because of Prakash Padukone's Bollywood contacts.
Priyanka being Miss World means she should not be counted as an outsider.
Don't include Katrina, since I already counted her out.
Anushka is also from the same time era, so was Asin.
All went on to become bigger stars than Amrita ever was.
It is easy to pinpoint every blame at nepotism.

Not his Bollywood contacts. But he did have some. His name recognition and prestige def helped. As a whole your right it wasn't the Dharma productions takes over Bollywood era.

Good to see her back. I had been waiting for her comeback for long time.