‘Kangana was the only one who could have handled Manikarnika’

Actress Kangana Ranaut’s ambitious project, Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, will have a grand trailer launch in Mumbai. The actress took over the project as a director after Krrish moved out of the film and the producer of the film, Kamal Jain, says no one could have handled this film better than Kangana.

Kamal Jain says, “Krrish was directing the film earlier but when he moved on to his next film Kangana took it up as a challenge. We couldn’t have found a better person because she has handled it with so much maturity.”

“She has been living with this film from Day 1 and she smoothly took over the direction of the portion that was left when Krrish left,” he added.

 Kangana plays the warrior Queen of Jhansi and had several gripping battle scenes involving sword-fighting and bloodshed. The film also stars Atul Kulkarni as Tatya Tope, Suresh Oberoi as Bajirao, Danny Denzongpa as Nana Sahib, Jisshu Sengupta as Gangadhar Rao and Ankita Lokhande as Jhalkaribai.

The director also reveals Kangana is extremely critical about her work and also insisted on having retakes on few scenes.

 Kamal says, “There were many incidents when she was not happy with her takes and insisted on another take. It is not easy for anyone to act and direct simultaneously. She has gone out of her way for this film.”

He further added, “She was so much in control of everything from the art, costumes to the storytelling. We are very happy with the work and we own every bit of the film together.”

 The trailer of the film will be out on December 18. The producer also confirms the film will release on Jan 25th as scheduled. “We have completed the film and it is now in the VFX stage.”