Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika to Avoid Clash With Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar's 2.0; Trailer to Come Out in June?

Kangana Ranaut will be next seen in the ambitious Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, for which she is also making her debut as a producer. She will be playing the lead in the movie, Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, considered one of the first freedom fighters of India. The movie is directed by Telugu film-maker Krish, and also stars Ankita Lokhande, Sonu Sood and Bengali star Jisshu Sengupta.

The movie was supposed to come out last month, i.e. in April, but Kangana had suffered an injury while shooting for the movie, and the production got delayed. The makers of Manikarnika were aiming to release the movie during August, but it looks like the movie might not come out during that period as well. With Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar, much-hyped (and much delayed) 2.0 also rumoured to come around the same time, the producers of Manikarnika are wanting to avoid a clash.

Speaking to Mid-Day, Kamal Jain, one of the producers of the movie, revealed, "We have mounted the movie on a scale that's hard to imagine. We don't want to clash or release too close to a film that can eat into our business. While we want to release the film between August and September, we haven't zeroed in on a date yet. Movies like Rani Laxmibai biopic are a one-time creation; we can't afford to go wrong with it. So, rushing with dates is not a good idea."

Earlier in an interview to IANS, Kangana has also offered her insight on when the movie might come out. She had said, "If you see, we started the shooting of Manikarnika in the month of May last year and now it's been only one year since we started shooting. We launched the film in Varanasi on May 5 and we started shooting for it in June-July last year. I think when you make a film on a huge scale, then it normally takes one or one and half year but I can say that this year we will be able to release the film."

Meanwhile, as per a report in PINKVILLA, a dubbing artist working on Manikarnika had revealed on Instagram that the trailer for the movie will come out in June.

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