Kangana Ranaut starts training to play Laxmibai in Manikarnika The Queen of Jhansi, watch video

In a video that we got hold of, we see the talented actor learning horse riding while preparing to play the historical character. For the uninitiated, Queen of Jhansi was born as Manikarnika, and was rechristened Lakshmibai after she got married to King of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao Newalkar, in 1842. She later became one of the leading figures of the Revolt of 1857.

In the video, we see Kangana riding a horse, with just the right amount of poise and confidence required for her character. Considering Queen of Jhansi shared a special relationship with her horse, Badal, the film will have a lot of such scenes and stunts.

It was heard that Sushmita Sen was also planning to make a separate biopic on Queen of Jhansi, but it didn’t take off. In the meantime, the one starring the ‘Queen’ of Bollywood, Kangana came to surface and now the film will soon go on floors. The film was being directed by Ketan Mehta. But as per reports, he had a fallout with Kangana and he left the project. Rumours also suggested that the actor was co-directing the film, which were later quashed.

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Manikarnika – The Queen of Jhansi has been written by KV Vijayendra Prasad, who also penned down Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and is the father of filmmaker SS Rajamouli. Do we expect some extraordinary screenplay and cinematography? Maybe we can!

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