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The bold & beautiful Kangana Ranaut and the producer of Manikarnika Kamal Jain in conversation with Zee Regional Channel CEO Jagdeesh Chandra on the making of the film and her stint in Bollywood so far. An Excerpt:
A. This is matter of great pride for me....We don't have anyone like that in our Himachal and neither do I have background of films.
A. I had never thought...I definitely had dreams of doing something big...people of small towns dream a lot...I had ambition since my childhood that I reach IAS rank...children of big cities are somewhat practical and that of small towns want to do something for the country...we don't have dreams of reaping riches, we want to make it big in life.
A. I studied Science then my dreams were big...I thought If I become a doctor, I should become the best in the world...I had a roommate who was pursuing music...I developed interest then I joined theatre...I felt there are career options other than being doctor, engineer and IAS...my Guru in theatre said you should try in movies and then I appeared for audition of Gangster.
A (Producer): We know Kangana for a long time. When we thought of making film Manikarnika then we could not think of any actor other than Kangana Ranaut... If we look at the character of Manikarnika, I don't think anyone other than Kangana in the Bollywood industry could have done justice to the role.
A. When I didn't heed to my father then how can I listen to any Godfather...whenever anyone comes preaching ...don't do this, don't do that... I become aggressive...I can't tolerate God father and neither any Godfather can tolerate me...I don't like personalities who look at overpowering others. There are few directors who are supportive and show respect but I don't gel well with those who are dominating. But now unpleasant incidents with those director ladies have come down as I have become a certified writer and directors now listen to my suggestions and they follow also.
A (Producer): We had very good experience with Kangana...her hard working attitude makes her stand tall among other actors. In this film she performed even difficult scenes herself...whether it was horse riding or fencing...she got hurt badly in a scene of fencing and had 17-18 stitches... even at that moment she must have been thinking that it's a story Rani Laxmi Bai and it demands blood... her spirit distinguishes her from other actors.
A. Horse riding looks very easy when you see...but when I tried it I felt it's very difficult. It took me a year to learn horse riding...I have done several dangerous stunts in this movie and in one of the stunts I almost lost my life.
A. I really like expression through fashion...you may call it my hobby...people find it cumbersome to get groomed but I love it.
A. When I was young then it used to feel good receiving awards...but when I came to know about the complete politics of awards, the craze for such awards declined...now when I get awards I don't get emotional... when a things gets down in your view, you lose respect for that thing.
A(Producer): For us this is not is movie, we are living it like a life... for me no story can be a bigger human story than Rani Laxmi Bai...the entire unit of this film is living with this story for last one year.
A (Kangana): Our industry has ignored the bravehearts of our country...no one talks about them...I think industry is always distracted towards them...I was trying to make this film for last two years but I could get any producer...this script was offered to me four times...when they came to me they came with complete plan.
A (Producer): When I met them I told them one thing that whatever you people are saying is not known to anyone...people only know "Khoob ladi mardani wo to jhansi wali Rani thi" ... we don't want to aggravate this issue. We apprised the Brahmin community about the issues related to film and they withdrew their protest.
A. (Producer): We are also thinking on the same lines.
A (Producer): Every producer has this hope...but we are thinking that the film reaches out to every corner and every child views this movie. They should learn something from this movie...our subject is the real hero of our movie.
A. I am great fan of Modi...in my view he is real role model...people compare me with him...I say don't compare me he (Modi) started from zero...Modi is an inspiration for me.
A. I respect him a lot...I can't rate him...if a common man can become a PM then it's a victory of democracy...I would like to give him full marks.
A. I think I should enter but there will be lot of criticism about fashion...I think few artists defamed politics...the country is not a country where there is no politics...I had not thought because it does not look glamorous profession.
A. Some controversies become major...but I am thinking I should filter myself... I think if I had to suppress myself the why I had left my home...but I never wanted that life...
A. It's beyond my imagination that the moneyed people also need money...moneyed people think that poor has wrong intentions.
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