Kangana Ranaut is right now totally neck deep busy in the preparation of ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’. This being her first historical period drama, she is making sure that she is making the most of the golden opportunity. While the first look of the movie has impressed the audience, another picture from the sets of the film recently created a huge confusion. The clapper of the movie has ‘Kangana Ranaut’ as ‘Director’ and this left the fans wondering about director Krish.

However, an official account of Kangana’s team clarified that Krish has not been replaced by the actress. His tweet reads, “Krish Jagarlamudi is the director of Manikarnika and will remain so. Kangana Ranaut has stepped in to shoot just the patchwork on his behalf while he fulfils his commitments in another movie, to make sure that Manikarnika releases on 25th Jan 2019. The clapboard is merely to avoid onset confusion.”

As reported in DNA, Kangana’s official spokesperson also explained that this a common practice in Hollywood and that everything is fine between director and her. The spokesperson further added, “There is no truth in rumours of miff between Kangana and Krish. The clapboard is used only to avoid any confusion on the sets and there should not be much made out of the same. In Hollywood it is a common practice for actors to also step in the shoes of the director if the situation demands. For example, in the hit series 'Friends' 10 episodes were directed by David Schwimmer who played Ross, despite the original director James Burrows being present.”

Meanwhile, another reason why the film is in the news because of its decision to clash with Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30 in January. Kangana and Hrithik have been at logger heads for quite a while after their alleged break up and ugly controversies. Owing to this, their clash at the box office makes audience wonder who will perform better at the ticket windows.

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