Jai Lalitha

Jai Lalitha (Kannada: ಜೈಲಲಿತ) is a 2014 Kannada comedy film directed by Pon Kumaran. The film stars Sharan, Aishwarya Devan, Disha Pandey and Ravishankar Gowda in the lead roles. The film is based on the Malayalam film Mayamohini (2012) with Dileep in the lead role and directed by Jose Thomas. The film released on June 27, 2014.The film, previously titled as Smt. Jayalalitha, met with controversies over the name co-inciding with the name of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa. Later, it was renamed as Jai Lalitha. However the director clarified that the name has no connection with the Chief Minister and instead signifies the strong embodiment of the 'woman-in-disguise' character that Sharan was supposed to play.