Speaking at the Tamil trailer launch of her magnum-opus Manikarnika, Kangana Ranaut said, “This film speaks about patriotism and sentiments of being a patriot. I feel more fortunate for getting to work in a film like this after a long journey in my career. I feel very much shameful to have not thought about taking up such projects and finally feel happy for it has happened. Of course, in this contemporary situation, the focus has predominantly been upon the men-women love, the physical nature of love or something involving an individual. Of course, being in a country that faces lots of crisis, such romantic quotients might look fresh for us on the big screens, but we can go beyond it and do certain things that are sentimental in nature.”
She further added: “OMG! It was actually more challenging. When I started shooting, I was so fragile. Just imagine my skinny physique of 50Kgs weight and undoubtedly, I never looked like a warrior. In fact, I couldn’t practice the action scenes for more than 30 minutes. Precisely, the action choreographer and his team were little worried and doubtful, whether I would look convincing as a warrior for my stamina was very low. Gradually, I started gaining weight and with 10-12 hours of every practice, I managed to pull it off somewhat convincingly. The journey involving the galloping on horses, hand combat and sword fights, sometimes with original swords commuted me to a different world.”
Produced by Zee Studios, Manikarnika is set for release on January 25th in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi worldwide.