This is one of the best example that emphasizes - "The personality and attitude of actors matter more than the look-alike appearance in a biopic film". Director Gautam Menon has pulled off a fantastic biopic that tells the story of a female actress turned politician in a male dominated environment. The uniqueness of the plot lies in portrayal of characters in a grey shade rather than as demi-god, seen usually in biopics. Ramya Krishnan fits the role as a 'T' supported by Anjana and Anikha playing the lead in younger ages. One of the best biopics I have seen after Thackeray. Must watch!!
75 Reviews
Above Average
pnikhil22 April 2020
Must watch
krishnadaspnr2 June 2020
Well Made & Engrossing
indianature26 December 2020
I watched Season 1 of Queen in orig. Tamil audio with English subtitles on MX Player.
The disclaimer prominently proclaims this to be fiction and the Director Gautam Menon in a separate interview also asserts that it is not based on any real characters :-))) Obviously one would have to be blind not to see the striking resemblance of Ramya Krishnan to JJ oooops Shakthi, Indrajith to MGR .. er GMR and Vamsi Krishna to Sobhan Babu ... Chaitanya. Whoever did the casting did a fair job. I also recollect watching the Simi Garewal interview of JJ on DD so many years ago. This series plot pivots around the interview of Shakthi the politician by a lead TV interviewer (Lillette Dubey).
But anyway, lets treat this story as out and out fiction as the production team would have it. Episode 1 portrays Shakthi as the perfect student, too goody goody and I was wondering if this series was yet another propaganda like Vivek Oberoi's Namo !!! But it is not, thank goodness as subsequent episodes make very clear.
The episodes certainly hold the interest, the acting by most is pretty good and as mentioned before, the similarity to several real incidents, people and events is for all to see. The sets are realistic and the location shots at the Gandikota canyon area are stunning. Anikha (child JJ) and Anjana JP (young JJ) are very very good. Ramya's resemblance to the former CM is remarkable. There is some lack of continuity. For example Suryakala (Sasikala) comes in all of a sudden out of the blue which can be confusing for viewers not familiar with the politics in reference.
Season 1 signs off as an open ended Ep.11 with the funeral of GMR when Shakthi realises how she is going to shape her political future.
Trust there will be a Season 2 as this is certainly an interesting 'tale' yet to be narrated. Queen is definitely one of the better recent web series.
The disclaimer prominently proclaims this to be fiction and the Director Gautam Menon in a separate interview also asserts that it is not based on any real characters :-))) Obviously one would have to be blind not to see the striking resemblance of Ramya Krishnan to JJ oooops Shakthi, Indrajith to MGR .. er GMR and Vamsi Krishna to Sobhan Babu ... Chaitanya. Whoever did the casting did a fair job. I also recollect watching the Simi Garewal interview of JJ on DD so many years ago. This series plot pivots around the interview of Shakthi the politician by a lead TV interviewer (Lillette Dubey).
But anyway, lets treat this story as out and out fiction as the production team would have it. Episode 1 portrays Shakthi as the perfect student, too goody goody and I was wondering if this series was yet another propaganda like Vivek Oberoi's Namo !!! But it is not, thank goodness as subsequent episodes make very clear.
The episodes certainly hold the interest, the acting by most is pretty good and as mentioned before, the similarity to several real incidents, people and events is for all to see. The sets are realistic and the location shots at the Gandikota canyon area are stunning. Anikha (child JJ) and Anjana JP (young JJ) are very very good. Ramya's resemblance to the former CM is remarkable. There is some lack of continuity. For example Suryakala (Sasikala) comes in all of a sudden out of the blue which can be confusing for viewers not familiar with the politics in reference.
Season 1 signs off as an open ended Ep.11 with the funeral of GMR when Shakthi realises how she is going to shape her political future.
Trust there will be a Season 2 as this is certainly an interesting 'tale' yet to be narrated. Queen is definitely one of the better recent web series.
Best Tamil web series till date
jat-9322417 December 2019
The best Web series created ever in Tamil till date . Unbelievable, it was close to reality not only the direction and the story but also the art works department and others get credit for this masterpiece. This web series denotes that Kollywood is ready for ON demand content transition.
Thank to MX Player
fazminmvo28 December 2019
Must Watch Biography...
avmsarav21 December 2019
Women with struggled past and overruled all the people and become CM. Awesome way of making the History and you are inside the scenes most of the times. The way the dialogue deliveries are made you feel like you have to do something better in life. Salute Team and GVM Ramya Anika Anjana...
A HISTORY
typicalfilmmmaker2 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Queen is a fictional series about a real life epic character its a character driven story of shakthi sheshadhri her travel from her school life to chief minister of Tamil nadu it was breathing slowly and touches her all part of her life success,struggles,tears,stubborns,fame,loneliness,decisions,her supporting persons in her life and her enemies. Writing of reshma ghattala was slow and steady,film making of gautham Menon and prasanth murugesan was outstanding kudoos to both of them. Cinematography was a back bone for this series it defines the mood of both past and presents dop,s velraj,Kathir and manikandan all finely done their job very well. Ramya krishnan she shouldered this story through out the end,anikha and anjana done their part nicely all supporting characters are so good at their performance espically character pradhiban,Sonia agarwal etc. Indrajith his performance was another back bone of this series. Vintage costumes,vehicles,props,are helps to convince that time period. Only flaw in this series was dubbing it does,nt sink through out the series other wise a great series to watch for also there is a lot of accuracy from the history. MUST WATCH.
Boring , bad dubbing
pradeep-1838529 December 2019
I am surprised at the high ratings....considering we are having excellent content coming in Web series .today..it's sad with good production values and a great actress like Ramya Krishnan portraying the main role it's a complete let down...bad dubbing pacing and overall direction pathetic. ...you tend to just get bored with the whole series. ...a gripping and intense retelling with better lip sync or dubbing could have made this queen good but it's a dissapointment. ..makers are the reason for its lack lustre presentation. ...should have made more efforts in the making considering the excellent PR the series is getting
Queen
KrupaMishra2323 September 2020
Queen
SurjeetSingh223 September 2020
Queen
HimanshuSenha13 September 2020
Queen
Manishkaa13 September 2020
Nadodi Mannan becomes Nadodi Vendhan, Sasikala Natrajan becomes Suryakala Dhanraj, Church Park School becomes St Louis Park and the entire series begins with an interview that is reminiscent of Jayalalithaa's famous interview with Simi Garewal. You cannot be fooled and this is definitely worth the watch!!!!
Queen
ArvindKumar53 September 2020
Sorry mr. Director.
srikant-9748616 December 2019
Queen
IshitaYadav64 September 2020
Queen
shahidjain0013 September 2020
A boring series in mx
gnshmudaliar4 October 2020
This series is time consuming and completely boring contains 10 episodes with each of approximate 1hr duration.
I don't know why such a boring series received lot of positive reviews. There is no conceptual, realistic, creativity or any inspiration you get in this story as others mentioned. However this movie is based on jayalalitha story but I'm sure this series not completely based on her there are some illogical concept which doesn't relevant to her story.
I request to you to please provide negative reviews only so that no one should waste their time by watching this disgusting series
Queen
GurdialSingh73 September 2020
Queen
Shubham2123 September 2020
Queen
MeeniKumari3 September 2020
Queen
aryanprateek9877 September 2020
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