<p align="justify">She has mostly played flawed characters but actor Kangana Ranaut says she is lucky to finally do a “heroic” role with her portrayal of Rani Laxmibai, the warrior queen of Jhansi.<br /><br />Kangana will essay the titular role in ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’, to be directed by Krish. ‘Baahubali’ writer K Vijayendra Prasad has penned the screenplay for the movie.<br /><br />The actor, who has been a part of women-oriented films such as ‘Queen’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, says it is the most exciting character of her career.<br /><br />“The way Vijendra sir has written it and conceived it, it’s very superhero-like. Usually, my characters are flawed and human in terms of their abilities. But this one is extraordinary,” Kangana said.<br /><br />Rani Laxmibai’s presence in popular culture has been limited, except for filmmaker Sohrab Modi’s 1953 film ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ and a TV series that aired between 2009 to 2011.<br /><br />“When I signed this film my first thought was ‘How come there’s no film on ‘Jhansi ki Rani’ yet?’ I suddenly felt very fortunate that there isn’t any yet.”</p>.<p align="justify"><br />“Because if there was even one film on Rani Laxmibai irrespective of its quality or content, then nobody would have repeated it. So I consider it a stroke of luck that I’m doing it,” she says.</p>
<p align="justify">She has mostly played flawed characters but actor Kangana Ranaut says she is lucky to finally do a “heroic” role with her portrayal of Rani Laxmibai, the warrior queen of Jhansi.<br /><br />Kangana will essay the titular role in ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’, to be directed by Krish. ‘Baahubali’ writer K Vijayendra Prasad has penned the screenplay for the movie.<br /><br />The actor, who has been a part of women-oriented films such as ‘Queen’ and ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, says it is the most exciting character of her career.<br /><br />“The way Vijendra sir has written it and conceived it, it’s very superhero-like. Usually, my characters are flawed and human in terms of their abilities. But this one is extraordinary,” Kangana said.<br /><br />Rani Laxmibai’s presence in popular culture has been limited, except for filmmaker Sohrab Modi’s 1953 film ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ and a TV series that aired between 2009 to 2011.<br /><br />“When I signed this film my first thought was ‘How come there’s no film on ‘Jhansi ki Rani’ yet?’ I suddenly felt very fortunate that there isn’t any yet.”</p>.<p align="justify"><br />“Because if there was even one film on Rani Laxmibai irrespective of its quality or content, then nobody would have repeated it. So I consider it a stroke of luck that I’m doing it,” she says.</p>
