A lot has been going on the sets of Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. The sudden fight between co-actor Kangana Ranaut and Sonu Sood has left the fans stunned. Sonu, who was apparently playing the role of Sadashiv Rao in the period drama, walked out of the film. He stated that he did not approve of Kangana being the ‘director’ of the film when the film is supposed to be directed by Krish Jagarlamudi. Kangana hit back saying that he did not want to work under the female director. However, he has refuted these claims.

While speaking to Hindustan Times, the Paltan actor said, “That was not my statement. I never said that I don’t want to work with a female director because I have already done a movie with a female director (Farah Khan, Happy New Year). I only said I can’t be working with two directors on one set. So, I will always maintain that stand and in a span of all these years, whatever films I have done, 80-90 movies, I have worked with one director at a time. So that is my stand and I will always stick to it."

Kangana had earlier told Pinkvilla.com, “He couldn’t even give us tentative dates to match combinations with other actors. The producers showed him the film and writers narrated the patchwork to him...he refused to meet me. He vehemently denied to work under a woman director, which is kind of amusing because Sonu is a dear friend and I have even launched the music of a film that he produced on his request.”

Meanwhile, the producer of the film, Kamal Jain, backed the curly-haired actress in this situation. He conveyed that the decision is taken with the approval of the producers and the studio and that they had their support for Kangana.

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