Kangana Ranaut's magnum opus Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is based on India's most loved and known female warrior princess Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi.
Directed by National Award winning director Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi and backed by Zee Studios, the film features Kangana Ranaut playing the titular role of Rani Laxmibai. The film also stars Danny Denzongpa, Edward Sonnenblick, Atul Kulkarni, Vikram Kochhar, Suresh Oberoi, and few others.
Manikarnika which was recently in news for wrong reasons relating to actor Sonu Sood leaving the film, and director Radha Krishna handing over his reign to Kangana due to his other work commitments. The film is set to release on 25th January 2019 and is said to clash with Hrithik Roshan's Super 30.
Title: Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Language: Hindi
Release date: 25th January 2019
Genre: Biopic
Direction: Krish Jagarlamudi | Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Danny Denzongpa, Edward Sonnenblick, Atul Kulkarni, Vikram Kochhar, Suresh Oberoi, R. Bhakti Klein, Mirko Quaini, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Ankita Lokhande, Daniel O'Kane, Rajiv Kachroo, Richard Keep, Andy von Eich, Manish Wadhwa, Amir Abouriche, Steffen Kilimann, Prajakta Mali, Nihar Pandya, Andrew Johnson
Story and screenplay: Vijayendra Prasad
Dialogue: Prasoon Joshi
Producer: Kamal Jain
Producer (studio): Sujay Kutty
Co-producer: Nishant Pitti
Consulting producer: Rakesh RudraVanka
Executive producer: Roshan Singh, Yogesh Tevatia, Ajay R. Yadav
Supervising producer: Zoeb Springwala
Music: Ankit Balhara, Sanchit Balhara, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa
Cinematography: Kiran Deohans, Gnanashekar V.S.
Film Editing: Rameshwar S. Bhagat, Suraj Jagtap
Casting: Honey Trehan
Production Design: Sriram Iyengar, Sukant Panigrahy, Sujeet Sawant
Costume Design: Neeta Lulla
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: Purnendu Chandra Paanda, Nick Powell, Sachin Saraf, Vishesh Deepak Sareen, Sanam Verma, Shivangi Bohra, Ishan Pandey, Pranjal Srivastava, Alifarzaan Sultanpuri
Art Department: Rajesh Dhuri, Vinayak Hojage, Jyoti Raju Hundekar, Madan Mane, Ajay Venkatesh Raju, Gayatri Shinde, Sneha Shinde, Swapnil Tak
Sound Department: Yash Darji, Pratik Goswami, Mohit Kachalia, Parikshit Lalwani
Visual Effects: Arijit Ghosh, Mahul Vengsar
Stunts: Glenn Chow, Habib, Viktor Hristov, Radoslav Ignatov, Roman Jankovic, Kasim Jumagujin, Todor Lazarov, Nick Powell, Riyaz, Gáspár Szabó, Dawid Szatarski, Farkas Tamás
Camera and Electrical Department: Arvind Singh
Costume and Wardrobe Department: Gauri Dighe
Choreographer: Saroj Khan, Brinda Master
Associate creative: Vinit Masram, Gulshan A. Siddiqui
Marketing manager: Neel D. Mehta
Public relations: Samarpita Samaddar
Creative project head: Poonam Shroff
Marketing head: Ikramjit Singh
Zee studios (overseas distribution): Vibha Chopra
Production consultant: Prasanna Janakiraman
Zee studios (marketing): Neeraj Joshi
Zee studios (India distribution): Bhumika Tewari
Zee studios (production): Abhishek Vyas
Distribution team: Pranit Waykar
Production company: Kairos Kontent Studios, EaseMyTrip
