Manikarnika producer confirms makers requested Kangana to help complete shoot

The biopic Manikarnika-The Queen of Jhansi has been surrounded by a lot of controversies of late.

Producer Kamal Jain was now come to clear the air and put an end to all the speculations. He says, “After the last schedule was over, we saw the line up of the film and decided that apart from the patchwork, we also needed a few additional scenes. Once the scenes were written, we approached Kangana for additional dates. But Krish had moved on to his next project by then. Given how driven and creatively involved Kangana Ranaut has been on this project since its inception, we realised she would be the best person to take over the mantle. Hence, there is no hijacking of the project, whatever decisions are being taken are with the full support of the producer and the studio. The additional shoot of the film is presently underway at ND Studios at Karjat, near Mumbai. We have an aggressive production schedule ahead of us since we are committed to release the film on January 25th 2019.”

He even took this opportunity to clear the air about the Sonu Sood issue, “While we managed to get matching dates from Danny Denzongpa, Jishu Sengupta, Ankita Lokhande and others, we got stuck on Sonu Sood’s combination dates and continuity look as he has grown a beard for Simmba. Hence, we had to let him go. Zeeshan Ayub now plays the character of Sadashiv”.

The patchwork of Manikarnika is going on smoothly. Nick Powell is also on set designing expectedly mind-blowing action shots for the January 25, 2019 release Manikarnika.