‘I had to shoot this film amidst a lot of challenges’: Kangana Ranaut opens up about directing Manikarnika

The actress had recently flown to Mumbai to supervise the edit of the film. Talking about her account in a press meet, she said, “Every film that I do is important to me because I’ve committed myself to it. I have taken money and assured absolute involvement to the team. But Manikarnika has demanded a lot more of my attention than I intended to give it. I did lose control over things, especially when it came like a hurricane and the way things unfolded overnight.”

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“I had to shoot this film amidst a lot of challenges and that was a bit unsettling in the beginning. I had time constraints and bringing the crew was a struggle, which I wasn’t ready for, but I surpassed that. Later on, of course, I was in my comfort zone and ready to direct. Eventually, I enjoyed it a lot,” she further said.

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However, this wasn’t her first time she directed. It happened several years back when Kangana was in the initial years of her career when she quite young. “I was 23 or 24, when I directed my first film. It was a 10-minute short film that I had shot with an international crew. Also, at that time, I was struggling with small roles in films like Double Dhamaal. So, I have been a director since then. Be it direction, writing or editing, I have already done it all in the past. When everyone asks me if Manikarnika is my first film as a director, my reply is of course not. It’s not my first film as a director. You don’t direct a big epic period as your first film”

Manikarnika is all set to hit theatres during Republic Day in 2019. It also stars Ankita Lokhande, Atul Kulkarni, Jisshu Sengupta and Narayan Rao. Currently, Kangana is shooting for Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s Panga in Bhopal. The movie also features Richa Chadha.

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