Director Krish opens up on 'Manikarnika' controversy: 'Want to speak one last time'

Director Krish appeared on Samantha Akkineni's talk show, SamJam, and opened up about his feud with Kangana Ranaut. Krishna Jagarlamudi, popularly kwn as Krish, h in 2019 said that he h almost completed film Manikarnika: Queen of Jhansi and only patchwork was left when Kangana became involved and wrongly claimed credit as main director. He also accused actor of "hijacking" period drama.

When asked about controversy on Samantha's show, Krish said, "I really want to speak one last time. After Kangana and her team watched film, I got a call after two days... As a storyteller, I feared I’ll remain unkwn to world. As artists, we can only show it to world when we get right opportunities."

Manikarnika was one of most anticipated films of 2019, and  period drama is based on life and struggles of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and her war against British East India Company, during Indian Rebellion of 1857. After film released, director Krish broke his silence over controversies of film and stated that at first Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut really liked his cut of film, but later she demanded a few changes, like Sonu Sood's character being killed off before interval itself, which were t possible. 

Her sister Rangoli hit out a tweet that suggested Krish w take a back seat, as end of day Kangana Ranaut was leing ly in film. 'Chalo man liya you directed whole film w please calm down, still, Kangana is leing face of film let her enjoy this moment of her success and great appreciation, please leave her alone, we all believe you w please take a seat,' she wrote in 2019.

Apart from Kangana Ranaut and Ankita Lokhande, film also stars Atul Kulkarni, Suresh Oberoi, Danny Demzongpa and Jisshu Sengupta in pivotal roles.

'I am a Rajput, if I am harassed, I will destroy each one of m': Kangana Ranaut to Karni Sena on 'Manikarnika' row 

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